Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix
Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix by Ball has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 3
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How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.
Full Ingredients List
Sugar, cornstarch, sea salt, dehydrated onion, citric acid, oregano, basil, parsley, green bell pepper granules, dehydrated garlic, fennel, anise white pepper, thyme, silicon dioxide (anticaking).
Product Details
- Brand
- Ball
- Barcode
- 0014400730153
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 3 — Processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix's 5/5 score be read?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 5/5 average places Ball, italian-style pasta sauce mix in the Generally Safe tier.
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