Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano
Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano by Simple Truth has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.18 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
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 Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano, 3 of its 3 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 Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Organic basil, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic sunflower seed oil, organic parmigiano reggiano pdo cheese (organic cultured cow's milk, salt, animal rennet), organic cashews, water, salt, organic sugar, organic potato starch, organic pine nuts, organic garlic, lactic acid (acidity regulator).
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Simple Truth
- Barcode
- 0011110031310
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 3 — Processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano's 4.3/5 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 4.3/5 average places Organic basil pesto with parmigiano reggiano in 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.