Zina's Salads Inc. Nutri-Score D NOVA 3

Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad

Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad: 4.2/5 ingredient safety

Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad by Zina's Salads Inc. has 5 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 D.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

Meals / Pasta dishes / Prepared salads / Pasta salads

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 Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad, 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients carry 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 Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad 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

4.2
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.2 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
5
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

Durum Wheat Flour, Part Skim Milk, Pasteurized Whole Milk Cheese Culture, Pasteurized Whole Eggs, Soybean Oil, Green Bell Pepper, Red Bell Pepper, Yellow Bell Pepper, Onions, Water, Corn Flour, Salt, Less than 2%. Vinegar, Garlic, Spinach Powder, Black Pepper, Sugar, Cayenne Pepper, Spices, Yeast, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Lactic Acid, Folic Acid, Enzymes, 0.1% Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad: 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

Barcode
0021054680789
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad rank on ingredient safety?

Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.2/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Tortellini Romano Cheese Salad's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, 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.