Concern

Italian style meat pizza

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0860738000266 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0860738000266 · Serving size 0.166 PIZZA (140 g)

The verdict

Italian style meat pizza scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 68 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 68-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Water, Soybean Oil. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 68 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

38000266 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Italian style meat pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 68 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …000266 · July 2026

21 of 68 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 38000266 · 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

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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.

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. Italian style meat pizza scores 43.6 points below that category average (50/100 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

Italian style meat pizza lists 68 ingredients on its label

68 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 68 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 68 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Wheat Flour
2
Water
3
Soybean Oil
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
White Cornmeal
6
Yeast
7
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
8
Yellow Cornmeal
9
Dough Conditioners
10
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
11
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
13
Enzymes
14
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Vital Wheat Gluten
17
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
18
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate. Low Moisture
19
Pasteurized Milk
20
Cheese Cultures
21
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
22
Organic Tomato Puree
23
Tomato Paste
24
Spices
25
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
26
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
27
Pork
28
Seasoning
29
Beef
30
Bread Crumbs
31
Romano Cheese
32
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
33
Culture
34
Ricotta Cheese
35
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
36
Milk
37
Cream
38
Dried Vinegar
39
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
40
Locust Bean Gum
41
Guar Gum
42
Stabilizers
43
Organic Liquid Egg Whites
44
Textured Soy Protein
45
Soy Protein Concentrate
46
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
47
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
48
Dehydrated Parsley
49
Brown Sugar
50
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
51
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
52
BHA
Avoid GRAS
53
BHT
Caution GRAS
54
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
55
Oleoresin Of Paprika
56
Flavoring
57
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
58
Corn Syrup Solids
59
Red Bell Pepper
60
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
61
Lemon Juice Powder
62
Lemon Juice Solids
63
Lemon Oil
64
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
65
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
66
Cheese Culture
67
Roasted Red And Green Bell Peppers
68
Roasted Red Onion. Spices

Full Ingredient List

Crust: wheat flour, water, soybean oil, sugar, white cornmeal, yeast, corn syrup, yellow cornmeal, dough conditioners (wheat flour, datem, dextrose, soybean oil, ascorbic acid, enzymes, l-cysteine), salt, vital wheat gluten, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate. low moisture, mozzarella cheese: pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking). sauce: tomato puree (water, tomato paste), salt, sugar, spices, dehydrated garlic, citric acid, distilled vinegar. italian sausage: pork, seasoning (spices, dehydrated garlic), water, salt, flavoring. italian style meatballs: beef, pork, water, bread crumbs (wheat flour, salt, yeast), romano cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, culture, salt, enzymes), ricotta cheese (whey, milk, cream, vinegar, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum (stabilizers)), liquid egg whites, textured soy protein (soy protein concentrate, caramel color), salt, dried garlic, spices, parsley, brown sugar, caramel color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, bha, bht, citric acid. pepperoni: pork, beef, salt, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid. hot italian sausage: pork, water, spices, salt, corn syrup solids, dehydrated red bell pepper, garlic, lemon juice powder (corn syrup solids, lemon juice solids, lemon oil), flavoring, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, bha, bht, propyl gallate. parmesan cheese: pasteurized part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking). roasted red and green bell peppers, roasted red onion. spices.

Other products containing Roasted Red And Green Bell Peppers

Roasted Red And Green Bell Peppers is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italian style meat pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 68-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Italian style meat pizza's 4 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 0860738000266: 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.