Original Meatballs
Original Meatballs by Food Lion has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Original Meatballs 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Original Meatballs sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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
- Sodium Phosphates - Safety score: 2/5
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
BEEF, PORK, WATER, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SEASONING: (CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS (YEAST EXTRACT, CELERY POWDER, CARROT POWDER, ONION POWDER, SPICES, FLAVORINGS), SODIUM PHOSPHATES, GARLIC POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, RED PEPPER, GREEN BELL PEP
Product Details
- Brand
- Food Lion
- Barcode
- 0035826097385
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Original Meatballs rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Original Meatballs's 2/5 average puts it in the lower 100%, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 2/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Original Meatballs's mapped ingredients average out to 2/5, which is the Caution 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.