Private Selection Nutri-Score C NOVA 3

Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce

Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce by Private Selection has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

Condiments / Sauces / Pasta sauces / Vodka pasta sauces

How This Score Is Built

Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce sits nationally

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

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

tomatoes, mascarpone cheese, cream, cow milk, acidity regulator, citric acid, extra virgin olive oil, cream, onions, basil, pecorino romano cheese, sheep's milk, salt, rennet, cultured milk, sea salt, garlic, citric acid, vodka, parsley, red hot pepper

Product Details

Barcode
0011110127259
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

Is Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Mascarpone Vodka Pasta Sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.