Three Cheese & Bacon
Three Cheese & Bacon by Nuovo Pasta has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes / Stuffed pastas / Ravioli
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 Three Cheese & Bacon, 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 Three Cheese & Bacon sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
FILLING: Ricotta cheese (pasteurized milk, whey, vinegar, salt, stabilizers [guar gum, xanthan gum, locust bean gum]), bacon (pork, sea salt, raw sugar, spices), yellow cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto), white cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, culture, salt, enzymes), heavy cream, parmesan cheese flavor (parmesan and granular cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], salt, yeast extract, butter, corn oil, olive oil, sweet creme solids, sugar, natural flavor, onion powder, garlic powder), parsley, eggs, black pepper, salt, beta-carotene. PASTA: Wheat flour, water, eggs, beta-carotene.
Product Details
- Brand
- Nuovo Pasta
- Barcode
- 0008005958876
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Whole Foods
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Frequently asked questions
Is Three Cheese & Bacon above or below average on ingredient safety?
Three Cheese & Bacon scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 5/5 rating on Three Cheese & Bacon?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Three Cheese & Bacon's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.