Pasta marinara with meatballs
Pasta marinara with meatballs by Taylor Farms has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Pastas
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Pasta marinara with meatballs have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Pasta marinara with meatballs sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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
Cooked linguine pasta, water, enriched linguine pasta (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola oil and extra virgin olive oil blend, marinara sauce (diced tomatoes in juice [tomatoes, tomato juice, sea salt, calcium chloride, citric acid], water, concentrated crushed tomatoes [tomatoes, sea salt, citric acid], tomato paste [tomatoes], spice and seasoning blend [food starch-modified, sugar, cultured sugar, sea salt, dried basil, dried parsley, dried oregano, black pepper, yellow onion, extra virgin olive oil, garlic]), fully cooked Italian style beef and pork meatballs (beef, pork, water, bread crumbs [wheat flour, salt, yeast], Romano cheese [pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], ricotta cheese [pasteurized milk, pasteurized whey, pasteurized cream, vinegar, salt, stabilizers (xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum)], textured vegetable protein [soy protein concentrate, caramel color], liquid egg whites, sa
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Pasta marinara with meatballs: 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: 3.8/5.
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Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Taylor Farms
- Barcode
- 0030223082002
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pasta marinara with meatballs above or below average on ingredient safety?
Pasta marinara with meatballs scores 3.8 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 84% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Pasta marinara with meatballs's 3.8/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pasta marinara with meatballs's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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