Newman's Own Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

Five Cheese Pasta Sauce

Five Cheese Pasta Sauce: 4/5 ingredient safety

Five Cheese Pasta Sauce by Newman's Own has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Five Cheese Pasta Sauce, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Five Cheese Pasta Sauce sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
A
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS: TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE, CITRIC ACID), DICED TOMATOES, CANE SUGAR, WHITE WINE, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, RENNET), ROMANO CHEESE BLEND (GRANULAR AND ROMANO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, WHEY, SALT), PECORINO ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S MILK, RENNET, SALT), SALT, FONTINA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, ASIAGO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, RENNET), PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, RENNET), SPICES, GARLIC*, ONION*.

Product Details

Barcode
0020662000194
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Five Cheese Pasta Sauce's safety score compare to other products?

Five Cheese Pasta Sauce scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Five Cheese Pasta Sauce's 4/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Five Cheese Pasta Sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.