Concern

Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza

by Meijer Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0886926058499 · Meijer Inc. · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0886926058499 · Serving size 0.1 PIZZA (133 g)

The verdict

Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza by Meijer Inc. scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Flour, Niacin. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 58 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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

26058499 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Cinnamon sugar bagels · ±0 BOOK-OFF …058499 · July 2026

16 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 26058499 · 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: Cinnamon sugar bagels · Nearest score peer is Cinnamon sugar bagels at the same screening score.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Traditional Crust Loaded …55/1002. Cinnamon sugar bagels: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cinnamon sugar bagels55/1003. Thick & delicious rising crust pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Thick & delicious rising …55/1004. Rising Crust Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rising Crust Pizza55/1005. Hot Italian Sausage: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hot Italian Sausage55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza (55/100 on 58 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza
55/100
Cinnamon sugar bagels
55/100
Thick & delicious rising crust pizza
55/100
Rising Crust Pizza
55/100
Hot Italian Sausage
55/100

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. Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza scores 38.6 points below that category average (55/100 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

Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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: 58 (91st 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Enzyme
9
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
10
Water
11
Soybean Oil
12
Yeast
13
Bread Crumbs
14
Wheat Flour
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Olive Oil
18
Cultured Wheat Starch
19
Honey
20
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
21
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
22
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Low Moisture Mozzarella
24
Pasteurized Milk
25
Cheese Culture
26
Enzymes
27
Organic Provolone
28
Asiago
29
Parmesan
30
Romano Made From Cow's Milk
31
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
32
Tomato Paste
33
Modified Food Starch
34
Spices
35
Garlic Powder
36
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
37
Paprika
38
Onion Powder
39
Parmesan Cheese
40
Pasteurized Cultured Part-skim Milk
41
Pork
42
Spices And Natural Flavorings
43
Sodium Phosphate
44
Beef
45
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
46
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
47
Oleoresin Of Paprika
48
Flavoring
49
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
50
BHA
Avoid GRAS
51
BHT
Caution GRAS
52
Cured With Water
53
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
54
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
55
Sodium Nitrite. May Contain Smoke Flavoring
56
Dehydrate Garlic
57
Oregano
58
Dehydrated Parsley

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzyme, ascorbic acid), water, soybean oil, yeast, bread crumbs (wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt), olive oil, sugar, salt, cultured wheat starch, honey, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, l-cysteine, citric acid. cheeses: low moisture mozzarella (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), provolone (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), asiago (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), parmesan (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), romano made from cow's milk (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes). sauce: water, tomato paste, soybean oil, modified food starch, salt, spices, garlic powder, xanthan gum, paprika, onion powder, parmesan cheese (pasteurized cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes). cooked italian sausage: pork, spices and flavorings, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, paprika, caramel color. pepperoni: pork, beef, salt, spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid. may contain water. cooked seasoned ground beef: beef, salt, natural flavoring. fully cooked bacon topping: cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium erythorbate, and/or sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite. may contain natural smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate. garnish: dehydrate garlic, oregano, parsley.

Other products containing Dehydrate Garlic

Dehydrate Garlic is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza

Neighbours outside Meijer Inc. near Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Traditional Crust Loaded Meat Pizza'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 0886926058499: 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.