Italian-Style Meatball
Italian-Style Meatball by Progresso has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.
- Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Soups
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 Italian-Style Meatball, 7 of its 7 tracked ingredients carry 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 Italian-Style Meatball sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
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
Water, carrots, celery, tomato paste, fully cooked meatballs (pork, beef, water, textured soy protein concentrate, soy protein concentrate, romano cheese [pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], breadcrumbs [bleached wheat flour, dextrose, salt, yeast], corn syrup, onions, salt, sodium phosphate, spices, garlic powder, parsley, natural flavor), penne pasta (semolina wheat, wheat flour, egg whites*). contains less than 1% of: sugar, green sweet peppers, onion, salt, potassium chloride, corn protein (hydrolyzed), maltodextrin, xanthan gum, roasted garlic, yeast extract, onion powder, spice, natural flavor, corn starch, tomato extract, garlic powder, citric acid, enzyme modified milk, nonfat milk*, cream*, butter (cream, lactic acid), modified food starch, ascorbic acid (preservative), enzyme modified cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes)*, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes)*, tocopherol (preservative), rosemary extract (preservative), whey*,
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Italian-Style Meatball: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Progresso
- Barcode
- 0041196419320
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Italian-Style Meatball rank on ingredient safety?
Italian-Style Meatball scores 4.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 69% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Italian-Style Meatball's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, 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.