Concern

Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni

by Auntie Anne's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0895072000481 · Auntie Anne's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0895072000481 · Serving size 1 PIECE (153 g)

The verdict

Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni by Auntie Anne's scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 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 59-component record, beginning with Enriched Unbleached Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 59 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.

72000481 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Tamales Cubanos · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000481 · July 2026

15 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 72000481 · 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: Tamales Cubanos · Nearest score peer is Tamales Cubanos 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. Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mozzarella and provolone …55/1002. Tamales Cubanos: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Tamales Cubanos55/1003. Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pepperoni Pizza55/1004. Zero Sugar Lemonade: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Zero Sugar Lemonade55/1005. Brownie: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Brownie55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni (55/100 on 59 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni
55/100
Tamales Cubanos
55/100
Pepperoni Pizza
55/100
Zero Sugar Lemonade
55/100
Brownie
55/100

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. Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni scores 37.9 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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: 59 (88th 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Unbleached Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Pepperoni
11
Pork
12
Beef
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
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
15
Spices
16
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
17
Oleoresin Of Paprika
18
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
20
BHA
Avoid GRAS
21
BHT
Caution GRAS
22
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
23
Mozzarella Cheese
24
Cultured Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
25
Enzymes
26
Provolone Cheese
27
Pasteurized Milk
28
Cheese Cultures
29
Brown Sugar
30
Tomato Paste
31
Yeast
32
Parmesan Cheese
33
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
34
Cheese Culture
35
Dough Conditioner
36
Gum Arabic
37
Mono - And Diglycerides
38
Soybean Oil
39
Cellulose Gum
40
Guar Gum
41
Natural Flavor
42
Romano Cheese
43
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
44
Preservative
45
Seasoned Breadcrumbs
46
Enriched Flour
47
Reduced Iron
48
Tomato Powder
49
Spice
50
Onion Powder
51
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
52
Dehydrated Parsley
53
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
54
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
55
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
56
Food Starch-modified
57
Garlic Powder
58
Soy Flour
59
Bicarbonates And Carbonates Of Soda

Full Ingredient List

Enriched unbleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, dextrose, spices, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, dehydrated garlic, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), mozzarella cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), brown sugar, tomato paste, contains 2% or less of the following: yeast, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), dough conditioner (gum arabic, wheat flour, mono - and diglycerides, salt, soybean oil, cellulose gum, guar gum, enzymes), natural flavor, romano cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, calcium propionate (preservative), seasoned breadcrumbs (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], dehydrated garlic, tomato powder, spice, dextrose, onion powder, maltodextrin, citric acid, dehydrated parsley, corn syrup, sugar, citric acid, yeast, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium propionate [preservative]), food starch-modified, spices, sugar, garlic powder, soy flour, onion powder, citric acid, bicarbonates and carbonates of soda.

Categories

Frozen foods

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni

Neighbours outside Auntie Anne's near Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Auntie Anne's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Mozzarella and provolone cheese with sliced pepperoni wrapped in pretzel dough pretzel pocket sandwich, cheese & pepperoni'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 0895072000481: 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.