Caution

La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken

by Productos Alimenticios La Moderna

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0029243200077 · Productos Alimenticios La Moderna · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0029243200077 · Serving size 0.25 PKG. (25 g)

The verdict

La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken by Productos Alimenticios La Moderna scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Semolina, Nicotinamide. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

43200077 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 54% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Soup alphabet · ±0 BOOK-OFF …200077 · July 2026

13 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 43200077 · 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: Soup alphabet · Nearest score peer is Soup alphabet 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. La Moderna, Authentic Mex…80/1002. Soup alphabet: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Soup alphabet80/1003. Vermicelli Soup, Tomato & Chicken: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Vermicelli Soup, Tomato &…80/1004. Chocorocks, Salted Caramel: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocorocks, Salted Caramel80/1005. Ranch dressing: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ranch dressing80/100
High-band neighbours for La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken (80/100) outside Productos Alimenticios La Moderna.
Chart values as text

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

La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken
80/100
Soup alphabet
80/100
Vermicelli Soup, Tomato & Chicken
80/100
Chocorocks, Salted Caramel
80/100
Ranch dressing
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. La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken 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

La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Above this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Above this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 28 (46th 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 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Semolina
3
Nicotinamide
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Tomato
10
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
11
Corn Starch
12
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
13
Natural & Artificial Flavoring
14
Chicken Fat
15
Msg
16
Onion Powder
17
Garlic Powder
18
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
19
Dehydrated Parsley
20
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
21
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
22
Turmeric
23
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
24
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
25
BHA
Avoid GRAS
26
Antioxidant
27
Calcium Silicate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
GRAS
28
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Enriched macaroni product (semolina, nicotinamide, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, dried tomato, maltodextrin, corn starch, hydrolyzed soy protein, natural & artificial flavoring, chicken fat, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, garlic powder, citric acid, parsley, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, turmeric, xanthan gum, polysorbate 80, bha (antioxidant), calcium silicate, silicon dioxide.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken

Neighbours outside Productos Alimenticios La Moderna with screening scores in the same high band as La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken (80/100 here). No other Productos Alimenticios La Moderna products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare La Moderna, Authentic Mexican Soup, Tomato & Chicken'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 0029243200077: 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.