Spartan Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning

Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning: 4/5 ingredient safety

Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning by Spartan has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meals / Pasta dishes / Prepared salads / Pasta salads / Salads

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 Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning, 4 of its 4 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 Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Enriched pasta (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), maltodextrin (from corn), salt, sugar, garlic*, buttermilk, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), spices, carrot*, red bell pepper*, peas*, natural flavors, vinegar, disodium phosphate, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cultured nonfat milk, refined soybean oil, whey (from milk), guar gum, yeast extract. *dried

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Spartan
Barcode
0011213071770
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Pasta Salad, Creamy Italian Pasta, Vegetable Blend & Seasoning's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.