Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce
Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce by Lean Cuisine has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce 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). 10 of its 10 tracked ingredients are 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 Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Blanched spaghetti (water, semolina), water, cooked beef and pork, tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato juice, 2% or less of modified food starch, onions, rolled oats, soy protein concentrate, bleached wheat flour, sugar, salt, soybean oil, dried onions, spices, cooked beef, dehydrated soy sauce (soybeans, salt, wheat), dried egg whites, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), dried garlic, natural flavors with hydrolyzed beef protein, palm oil, tapioca dextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, beef stock, caramel color, cultured whey, citric acid, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, rendered beef fat, flavor, arabic gum, natural flavors, enzymes, cultures, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, barley extractive, beef extract, calcium lactate, corn syrup solids, lactic acid, sesame oil, succinic acid, canola oil, sunflower oil.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce: 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: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 10.
Product Details
- Brand
- Lean Cuisine
- Barcode
- 0013800103901
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce's 4.2/5 average puts it in the safer 60%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Spaghetti with Meatballs in tomato sauce's 4.2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
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