Heater Meals EX Plus
by Heater Meals
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0792564960165 · Heater Meals · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Heater Meals EX Plus by Heater Meals scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 87 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 87-component record, beginning with Water, Tomatoes In Juice, Tomatoes. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 45/100
- Avoid safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 87 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0792564960165
- Barcode (UPC/EAN)
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
33/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
45/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
N/A
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
64960165 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Heater Meals EX Plus label screening desk
29 of 87 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 64960165 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Candy-Ville, Halloween Cookie Pop · Nearest score peer is Candy-Ville, Halloween Cookie Pop at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.
No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.
The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Heater Meals EX Plus scores 48.6 points below that category average (45/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products
Heater Meals EX Plus lists 87 ingredients on its label
87 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,283 products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 12 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 83 products (1%)
- 4–6
- 127 products (1%)
- 6–8
- 209 products (2%)
- 8–10
- 312 products (3%)
- 10–12
- 315 products (3%)
- 12–14
- 412 products (4%)
- 14–16
- 477 products (4%)
- 16–18
- 542 products (5%)
- 18–20
- 552 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 545 products (5%)
- 22–24
- 550 products (5%)
- 24–26
- 552 products (5%)
- 26–28
- 552 products (5%)
- 28–30
- 574 products (5%)
- 30–32
- 517 products (5%)
- 32–34
- 466 products (4%)
- 34–36
- 451 products (4%)
- 36–38
- 443 products (4%)
- 38–40
- 388 products (3%)
- 40 and above
- 3,204 products (28%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 45/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 87 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
WATER, TOMATOES IN JUICE (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), VEGETARIAN PIZZA CRUMBLE (WATER, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CANOLA OIL, SPICES, SALT, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SUGAR,, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, CARAMEL COLOR, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, RED BELL PEPPER, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMINE (VITAMIN B12), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, ZINC OXIDE), CARROTS, CRUSHED TOMATOES, SOYBEANS, PASTA (SEMOLINA WHEAT, EGG WHITE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), ONIONS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: KIDNEY BEANS, CORN STARCH, KALE, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), OLIVE OIL, VEGETABLE FLAVOR (YEAST EXTRACT, SUGAR, SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVORING, DRIED ONION, DRIED CARROT, SOY SAUCE [SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT], DRIED GARLIC, SPICE), GARLIC, SUGAR, SPICE, SALT, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, CHILI PEPPER., SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, FD&C YELLOW #5 & #6, AND RED #40, CORN SYRUP, CRISP RICE (RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT), MALTODEXTRIN, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, CALCIUM CASEINATE, CANOLA OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), GLYCERIN, FRUCTOSE, NATURAL FLAVORS, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, ASCORBYL PALMITATE AND MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (TO PROTECT FLAVOR)., SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR [INCLUDES COLOR (RED 40, BLUE 1)], POTASSIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE
Categories
Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Heater Meals EX Plus
Neighbours outside Heater Meals in the same lower screening band as Heater Meals EX Plus (45/100). No other Heater Meals products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 87 on 0792564960165).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (87 on 0792564960165).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Heater Meals EX Plus's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 87-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
- Compare Heater Meals EX Plus's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0792564960165: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.