Thin Crust Spicy Buffalo BBQ With Chicken Pizza

by Mama Cozzi's,Aldi

90
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 2 flagged ingredients

Thin Crust Spicy Buffalo BBQ With Chicken Pizza by Mama Cozzi's,Aldi receives a safety score of 90/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 2 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
4099100224450
Nutri-Score
d
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
0.25 pizza (128 g)

What the Data Says About

Thin Crust Spicy Buffalo BBQ With Chicken Pizza by Mama Cozzi's,Aldi carries a composite safety score of 90/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 2 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Thin Crust Spicy Buffalo BBQ With Chicken Pizza is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of D reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Thin Crust Spicy Buffalo BBQ With Chicken Pizza
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 90/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 2 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score D OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Toppings: Cheeses
2
Low - Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
3
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
4
Cheese Cultures
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Enzymes
7
White Cheddar Cheese
8
Pasteurized Milk
9
Cheese Culture
10
Buffalo Bbq Sauce
11
Tomato Paste
12
Water
13
Buffalo Wing Sauce
14
Distilled Vinegar
15
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
16
Canola Oil
17
Paprika
18
Xanthan Gum {Thickener}
19
Garlic Powder & Natural Flavor
20
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
21
Soybean Oil
22
Molasses
23
Spice
24
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor
25
Garlic Powder
26
Caramel Coloring
Caution Approved (color additive, GRAS)
27
Crushed Red Pepper
28
Fully Cooked Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
29
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
30
Chicken Flavor
31
{Dehydrated Chicken Broth
32
Chicken Powder
33
Natural Flavor}
34
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
35
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Red Onions
37
Parsley. Crust: Wheat Flour
38
Palm Oil With Natural Flavor Colored With Beta Carotene
39
Yeast
40
Preservative
41
Cultured Wheat Starch
42
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
43
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
44
White Cornmeal
45
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

TOPPINGS: CHEESES (LOW - MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES]), BUFFALO BBQ SAUCE (TOMATO PASTE, WATER, BUFFALO WING SAUCE [DISTILLED VINEGAR, AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, SALT, WATER, CANOLA OIL, PAPRIKA, XANTHAN GUM {THICKENER}, GARLIC POWDER & NATURAL FLAVOR], SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, MOLASSES, SALT, SPICE, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, CRUSHED RED PEPPER), FULLY COOKED CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, CHICKEN FLAVOR [{DEHYDRATED CHICKEN BROTH, CHICKEN POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR}, CARRAGEENAN, SALT, CORNSTARCH, SPICE]), RED ONIONS, PARSLEY. CRUST: WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL WITH NATURAL FLAVOR COLORED WITH BETA CAROTENE, YEAST, PRESERVATIVE (CULTURED WHEAT STARCH, CITRIC ACID), DEXTROSE, SALT, WHITE CORNMEAL, L-CYSTEINE.

Categories

Frozen foods Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas Frozen pizzas and pies Frozen pizzas

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial