Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy
Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy by Lean Cuisine has 8 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 B.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meats and their products / Meals / Pasta dishes / Meals with meat
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. 8 of 8 ingredients tracked for Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy 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 Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy 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
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
Sauce and cooked meatballs: water, skim milk, cooked beef, cooked pork, onions, modified food starch, soy protein concentrate, rolled oats, sour cream (cultured cream, skim milk, enzymes), salt, bleached wheat flour, maltodextrin, dried onions, caramel color, flavors, autolyzed yeast extract, potassium chloride, garlic, sugar, spices, soy sauce (soybean, wheat, salt), xanthan gum, dried garlic, mushrooms, soybean oil, safflower oil, beef broth, enzyme modified cream, lactic acid, cultured whey, ascorbic acid, citric acid, glucose, vegetable oil, beef extract, beef fat, natural flavors, tapioca dextrin, thiamine hydrochloride. cooked pasta:water, semolina, soybean oil, wheat gluten, parsley.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy: 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: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Lean Cuisine
- Barcode
- 0013800188076
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy above or below average on ingredient safety?
Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.3/5 rating on Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy?
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 Signature SWEDISH MEATBALLS with pasta in gravy in the Low Risk tier.
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