Mooney Farms Nutri-Score D NOVA 3

Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts

Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts: 4/5 ingredient safety

Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts by Mooney Farms has 1 tracked ingredient, 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 3

Condiments / Sauces / Groceries

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 Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts 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 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

Olive oil (pure olive oil, extra virgin olive oil), canola oil, sun dried roma tomatoes, tomato paste, parmesan cheese (cultured skim milk, salt, enzymes), walnuts, pine nuts, garlic, basil, herbs and spices.

Product Details

Barcode
0035342850082
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Sun dried tomato pesto sauce with whole pine nuts'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.