Bob Evans
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Bob Evans, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Bob Evans averages 93.5/100 across the 98 of 478 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 48.0% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 93.5/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 98 scored products
- 478
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 48.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 93.6%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 478 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Original fully cooked pork sausage links; Loaded Mashed Potatoes; Original fully cooked pork sausage patties; 48.0% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 93.5/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 98 of 478 tracked Bob Evans records (20.5%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 380 cannot be screened, so the 93.5/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Bob Evans
Bob Evans: 478 products tracked, 98 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 93.5/100, 48.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 20.5% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Bob Evans's 48.0% flagged share is 30 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Bob Evans processing intensity
Bob Evans's NOVA-classified set is 94 products: 93.6% ultra-processed (Group 4, 88 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 88. That ultra-processed share sits 15.3 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Bob Evans shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Bob Evans concentrates in Entrees (127, 41% of this top-five); Beverages and beverages preparations (51); Toppings-ingredients (49); Meals (47); Meats and their products (37).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meats and their products | 36 | 93.5/100 | 36.1% |
| Meals | 32 | 91.4/100 | 65.6% |
| Condiments | 6 | 97.5/100 | 50% |
| Farming products | 3 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Frozen foods | 2 | 92.5/100 | 50% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Bob Evans's 48.0% flagged share is measured across 98 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Bob Evans flagged share vs large-brand cohort
48.0% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
48% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
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- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (93.5/100) summarizes 98 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Bob Evans product score distribution
Brand average 93.5/100 across 98 scored products
94 37th percentile sits above 37% of the 98 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 60–70
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 7 scored products (7%)
- 80–90
- 17 scored products (17%)
- 90–100
- 22 scored products (22%)
- 100 and above
- 51 scored products (52%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Bob Evans relies most on Carrageenan, an industry staple
Across the 98 Bob Evans products scored here, Carrageenan appears in 17. It is used by 2,390 other brands in this database (6.8% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Bob Evans products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 17 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Caramel Coloring | 14 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Sodium Nitrite | 10 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| BHA | 9 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| Azodicarbonamide | 5 | Restricted: EU (banned); Australia (banned) |
| BHT | 5 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Polysorbate 80 | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Propyl Gallate | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Bob Evans records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (38 ingredients and 87.5/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 38 ingredients
- Median score
- 87.5/100
The outlined point is Original fully cooked pork sausage links, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (3). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Original fully cooked pork sausage links: 14 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Loaded Mashed Potatoes: 58 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Original fully cooked pork sausage patties: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Bob Evans six cheese pasta: 69 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Canadian bacon, egg & cheese english muffins, canadian bacon, egg & cheese: 56 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Bob evans, pork sausage patties, hot, hot: 9 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Pork regular sausage patties: 9 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Pork sausage patties: 9 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Maple Pork Sausage Links: 15 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Bob evans, pork sausage links, original, original: 11 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Bob evans buttermilk redskin mashed potatoes: 27 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Croissants, Sausage, Egg & Cheese: 77 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Sausage gravy stuffers: 62 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Bob evans, sausage egg & cheese croissant: 70 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Sausage Biscuit: 45 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- HAM STEAKS in Natural Juices: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bob evans, pork sausage patties: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bacon, egg & cheese with potatoes & onions burritos, bacon, egg & cheese: 57 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bob evans, bacon & potatoes bowls: 42 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bacon, egg, cheese & hash browns breakfast bakes: 46 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bob evans, breakfast bakes ham & cheese hash browns: 44 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Double cheddar pasta with applewood smoked bacon: 59 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Canadian bacon, egg & cheese english muffins, canadian bacon, egg & cheese: 45 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sausage, egg & cheese english muffins: 51 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Macaroni & Cheese With Bacon: 43 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bacon, egg, cheese & hash browns: 43 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Turkey Sausage Links: 8 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Turkey Sausage Patties: 8 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pork Sausage: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pork Sausage Links Maple: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Maple Pork Sausage Patties: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original pork sausage gravy & biscuits, original: 66 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original pork sausage gravy: 38 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original pork sausage gravy, original: 38 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Mashed Potatoes Sour Cream & Chives: 35 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bob evans, farm-fresh goodness, sausage biscuits: 47 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sandwiches, sausage & cheese: 36 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original pork sausage gravy, original: 38 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl: 54 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Scalloped potatoes: 32 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Breakfast Bakes: 61 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sausage Gravy Stuffers: 54 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Egg & Cheese Biscuits: 62 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bob evans, burritos, egg, steak & cheese: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Homestyle pork sausage gravy & biscuits, homestyle: 60 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sour Cream & Chives Mashed Potatoes: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit Sandwich: 56 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bob evans, pork sausage links: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pork Sausage Patties: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Bob evans, pork sausage links, original: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Bob Evans
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 428 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Bob Evans: closest on tracked product count (478 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (93.5/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bob Evans food safe? ▼
Bob Evans has an average safety score of 94/100 across the 98 of 478 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 48.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Bob Evans products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 478 Bob Evans products. 98 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 380 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Bob Evans catalog? ▼
Bob Evans has 94 NOVA-classified products; 93.6% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 88 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Bob Evans catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Bob Evans concentrates in Entrees (127, 41% of this top-five); Beverages and beverages preparations (51); Toppings-ingredients (49); Meals (47); Meats and their products (37).
Does Bob Evans use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Bob Evans items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Bob Evans profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Original fully cooked pork sausage links, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (3) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Carrageenan appears in 17 scored Bob Evans products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Bob Evans's 93.5/100 average and 48.0% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
