Safe

Lasagna With Meat & Sauce

by Gourmet Culinary Solutions

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0854294005803 · Gourmet Culinary Solutions · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0854294005803 · Serving size 3 ONZ (85 g)

The verdict

Lasagna With Meat & Sauce by Gourmet Culinary Solutions scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 60-component record, beginning with Pasta Sheets, Water, Durum Flour. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 60 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

94005803 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lasagna With Meat & Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH White Chicken And · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005803 · July 2026

14 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 94005803 · 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: White Chicken And Rice Casserole · Nearest score peer is White Chicken And Rice Casserole at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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

1. Lasagna With Meat & Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lasagna With Meat & Sauce95/1002. White Chicken And Rice Casserole: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. White Chicken And Rice Ca…95/1003. Salisbury Steak With Red Potatoes In Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Salisbury Steak With Red …95/1004. Spaghetti With Meatballs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Spaghetti With Meatballs95/1005. White Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. White Chicken95/100
High-band neighbours for Lasagna With Meat & Sauce (95/100) outside Gourmet Culinary Solutions.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Lasagna With Meat & Sauce
95/100
White Chicken And Rice Casserole
95/100
Salisbury Steak With Red Potatoes In Sauce
95/100
Spaghetti With Meatballs
95/100
White Chicken
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Lasagna With Meat & Sauce scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Lasagna With Meat & Sauce lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 60 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 60 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Pasta Sheets
2
Water
3
Durum Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Ricotta Cheese
9
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
10
Skim Milk
11
Whole Milk
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Dried Vinegar
14
Locust Bean Gum
15
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
16
Mozzarella
17
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
18
Cheese Cultures
19
Salt And Enzymes
20
Bread Crumbs
21
Wheat Flour
22
Yeast
23
Garlic Powder
24
Corn Starch
25
Pecorino Romano Cheese
26
Pasteurized Sheep's Milk
27
Cheese Culture
28
Enzymes
29
White Pepper
30
Dehydrated Parsley
31
Mozzarella Cheese
32
Low Moisture Mozzarella Cheese
33
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
34
Modified Food Starch
35
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
36
Added To Prevent Caking
37
Potassium Sorbate And Natamycin
38
Natural Mold Inhibitor
39
Preservatives
40
Tomatoes In Juice
41
Tomatoes
42
Tomato Juice
43
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
44
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
45
Tomato Paste
46
Fresh Tomatoes And Naturally Derived Citric Acid
47
Olive Oil
48
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
49
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
50
Starch
Thickener
Safe
51
Oregano
52
Basil Leaves
53
Paprika
54
Red Pepper
55
Organic Cooked Ground Chicken
56
Mechanically Separated Chicken
57
Raw Organic Whole Cow's Milk
58
Starter
59
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
60
Cooked Ground Beef

Full Ingredient List

Lasagna mixture: pasta sheets (water, durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, ricotta cheese [whey, skim milk, whole milk, salt, vinegar, locust bean gum, carrageenan], mozzarella [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt and enzymes], bread crumbs [wheat flour, salt, yeast], garlic powder, modified corn starch, pecorino romano cheese [pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], white pepper, parsley), mozzarella cheese (low moisture mozzarella cheese [cultured pasteurized milk, salt and enzymes], modified food starch, powdered cellulose [added to prevent caking], potassium sorbate and natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor) [preservatives]), sauce: tomatoes in juice (tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), water, tomato paste (fresh tomatoes and naturally derived citric acid), olive oil, salt, sugar, garlic, starch, garlic powder, oregano, basil leaves, paprika, red pepper, black pepper. meat mixture: cooked ground chicken (mechanically separated chicken), ricotta cheese (whole cow's milk, starter, and salt), cooked ground beef, salt.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lasagna With Meat & Sauce

Neighbours outside Gourmet Culinary Solutions with screening scores in the same high band as Lasagna With Meat & Sauce (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gourmet Culinary Solutions; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lasagna With Meat & Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 60-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Lasagna With Meat & Sauce's 1 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 0854294005803: 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.