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Grandma's Pierogies

by Potato And Cheese Pierogies

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0892691001097 · Potato And Cheese Pierogies · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0892691001097 · Serving size 113g

The verdict

Grandma's Pierogies by Potato And Cheese Pierogies scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Potato, Ricotta Cheese, Pasteurized Whey. 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 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

91001097 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Grandma's Pierogies label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Chicken dumplings · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001097 · July 2026

11 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 91001097 · 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: Chicken dumplings · Nearest score peer is Chicken dumplings 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Grandma's Pierogies: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Grandma's Pierogies95/1002. Chicken dumplings: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken dumplings95/1003. Buldak Taco Spicy Ramen Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Buldak Taco Spicy Ramen S…95/1004. Chocolate Cake Mix With Fudge Frosting: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate Cake Mix With F…95/1005. Original chicken roasters: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Original chicken roasters95/100
High-band neighbours for Grandma's Pierogies (95/100) outside Potato And Cheese Pierogies.
Chart values as text

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

Grandma's Pierogies
95/100
Chicken dumplings
95/100
Buldak Taco Spicy Ramen Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored
95/100
Chocolate Cake Mix With Fudge Frosting
95/100
Original chicken roasters
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. Grandma's Pierogies 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

Grandma's Pierogies lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% 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: 50 (78th 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 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potato
2
Ricotta Cheese
3
Pasteurized Whey
4
Cream
5
Dried Vinegar
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Eggs
8
Soybean Oil
9
Dehydrated Fried Onion
10
Flour
11
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
12
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Benzoyl Peroxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT
GRAS
14
Reduced Iron
15
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
16
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Enzyme
19
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
20
Dough Conditioner
21
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
22
Wheat Flour
23
Mono - And Diglycerides
24
Corn Flour
25
Spices
26
Coloring
27
Turmeric
28
Paprika
29
Soy Flour
30
Natural Flavors
31
Artificial Flavors
32
Milled Flaxseed
33
Calcium Acid Pyrophosphate
34
Mono Calcium Phosphate
35
Soy Oil
36
Enzymes
37
Gums
38
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
39
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
40
Locust Bean
41
Sodium Alginate
42
Acacia
43
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Water
45
Mustard
46
Rye
47
Barley
48
Egg
49
Soy
50
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Filling: potato, ricotta cheese (pasteurized whey, cream, vinegar, salt), eggs, soybean oil, fried onion, salt, spices. Dough: flour (enriched bleached wheat flour, niacin, benzoyl peroxide, reduced iron, ascorbic acid, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, enzyme, folic acid); dough conditioner (oat fiber, wheat flour, mono - and diglycerides, corn flour, spices, coloring (turmeric, paprika), soy flour, natural flavors, artificial flavors, salt, milled flaxseed, calcium acid pyrophosphate, mono calcium phosphate, soy oil, enzymes, gums (cellulose, carrageenan, locust bean, sodium alginate, acacia), L-cysteine, ascorbic acid), water, eggs, soybean oil, salt. May contain: mustard, rye, barley. CONTAINS: Egg, Soy, Wheat.

Categories

Frozen foods Meals Pan-fried dishes Pan-fried meat and vegetable mixes Frozen meat and vegetable mixes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Grandma's Pierogies

Neighbours outside Potato And Cheese Pierogies with screening scores in the same high band as Grandma's Pierogies (95/100 here). No other Potato And Cheese Pierogies products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Grandma's Pierogies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Grandma's Pierogies'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 0892691001097: 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.