Banquet NOVA 4

Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs

Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs: 4/5 ingredient safety

Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs by Banquet has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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

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. 3 of 3 ingredients tracked for Rigatoni & Italian Sausage 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 Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs 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 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

ITALIAN SAUSAGE MARINARA: Water, Tomato Paste, Cooked Italian Sausage Crumbles (Pork, Seasoning [Salt, Spices, Paprika, Garlic Powder, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion Powder], Water and Sodium Tripolyphosphate), Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Modified Corn Starch, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Crushed Garlic, Worcestershire Sauce (Vinegar, Molasses, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Anchovies, Water, Onions, Salt, Garlic, Tamarind Concentrate, Cloves, Natural Flavorings, Chili Pepper Extract), Salt, Granulated Onion, Whole Basil, Spice, Citric Acid. COOKED PASTA: Water, Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soybean Oil. MEATBALLS: Mechanically Separated Chicken, Pork, Beef, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Soy Protein Concentrate, Breader (Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Durum Flour, Leavening [So

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Rigatoni & Italian Sausage 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.

Product Details

Brand
Banquet
Barcode
0031000809256
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs 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's behind the 4/5 rating on Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Rigatoni & Italian Sausage with Meatballs's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, 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.