Caution

Red Beans & Rice

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110837639 · Kroger · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110837639 · Serving size 1 cup (147 g)

The verdict

Red Beans & Rice by Kroger scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with Water, Long Grain Parboiled Rice, Organic Red Beans. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10837639 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red Beans & Rice label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Sweet Relish Pickle · ±0 BOOK-OFF …837639 · July 2026

10 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 10837639 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Sweet Relish Pickle · Nearest score peer is Sweet Relish Pickle at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Red Beans & Rice: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Red Beans & Rice80/1002. Sweet Relish Pickle: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sweet Relish Pickle80/1003. Pickle & pimento loaf, pickle & pimento: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pickle & pimento loaf, pi…80/1004. Toaster Treats Cookies And Creme Frosted: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Toaster Treats Cookies An…80/1005. Lean Ham: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lean Ham80/100
High-band neighbours for Red Beans & Rice (80/100) outside Kroger.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Red Beans & Rice
80/100
Sweet Relish Pickle
80/100
Pickle & pimento loaf, pickle & pimento
80/100
Toaster Treats Cookies And Creme Frosted
80/100
Lean Ham
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Red Beans & Rice scores 13.6 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Red Beans & Rice lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (73rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Long Grain Parboiled Rice
3
Organic Red Beans
4
Seasoning
5
Onion Powder
6
Garlic Powder
7
Red Bell Pepper Powder
8
Spice
9
Paprika Powder
10
Color
11
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
12
Natural Smoke Flavor
13
Rendered Bacon Fat
14
Bacon Cured With Water
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
18
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
19
Smoke Flavoring
20
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
21
Brown Sugar
22
Sodium Phosphate
23
Potassium Salt
24
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
25
Flavoring
26
Honey
27
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
28
Palm Oil
29
Natural Flavors
30
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
31
Mono - And Diglycerides
32
Garlic Puree
33
Green Bell Peppers
34
Onion
35
Soy Lecithin
36
Iron
37
Ferric Orthophosphate
38
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Thiamin
40
Thiamin Hydrochloride
41
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved

Full Ingredient List

WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, RED BEANS, SEASONING (ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, RED BELL PEPPER POWDER, SPICE, PAPRIKA POWDER [COLOR], MALTODEXTRIN, SMOKE FLAVOR), RENDERED BACON FAT (BACON CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SMOKE FLAVORING, DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SALT, SODIUM DIACETATE, FLAVORING, HONEY), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, PALM OIL, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, SMOKE FLAVORING, CARAMEL COLOR, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, GARLIC PUREE, DEHYDRATED GREEN BELL PEPPERS, DEHYDRATED ONION, SOY LECITHIN, IRON (FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE), NIACIN, THIAMIN (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), FOLIC ACID

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Red Beans & Rice

Neighbours outside Kroger with screening scores in the same high band as Red Beans & Rice (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Red Beans & Rice's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Red Beans & Rice's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110837639: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.