Country fried beef steak & gravy
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Country fried beef steak & gravy receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Country fried beef steak & gravy carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Country fried beef steak & gravy is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of C reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 95/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | C | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Seasoned red skin potatoes (red potatoes, canola oil, salt, maltodextrin, wheat starch, dried onion, sugar, red bell pepper, corn starch, parsley, paprika, spices, natural flavor, caramel color, garlic, turmeric extract, annatto extract, citric acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate, dextrose), water, fried beef steak - chopped and formed (beef, breader [bleached wheat flour, spices, leavening {sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate}, salt, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, mono - and diglycerides, nonfat dry milk, dried yeast, dried whey], batter [water, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt, rice flour, egg whites, yellow corn flour, leavening {sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate}, dextrose, guar gum, spice extractives], onions, salt, potassium chloride, sodium phosphate, flavoring, fried in vegetable oil), cooked enriched pasta (water, durum flour [durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate {iron}, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], egg whites), contains 2% or less of: cheddar cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto), soybean oil, modified corn starch, butter (cream, salt), nonfat dry milk, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese flavor (cheddar and colby cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], water, lactic acid, yeast extract, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, salt, enzymes), whey, roux (wheat flour, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil), chicken base (chicken flavor [contains chicken broth, maltodextrin, turkey broth, yeast extract, cooked chicken, turkey fat, turkey meat, xanthan gum, disodium inosinate & disodium guanylate, cottonseed oil, mushroom powder, flavor], salt, rendered chicken fat, sugar, modified corn starch, extractives of turmeric), salt, datem, disodium phosphate, flavoring (yeast extract, potassium chloride, natural flavor [potato maltodextrin, natural flavor, gum arabic], lactic acid powder [modified corn starch, lactic acid], citric acid, aspartic acid, malic acid), shallot juice concentrate (contains vegetable oil), xanthan gum, flavoring, citric acid, guar gum, annatto, beta carotene.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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