Caution

Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy

by Banquet

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000006518 · Banquet · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000006518 · Serving size 297g

The verdict

Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy by Banquet scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 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 36-component record, beginning with Fully Cooked Sausage Crumbles, Pork, Mechanically Separated Turkey. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031000006518
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00006518 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Lipton, low calorie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …006518 · July 2026

9 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00006518 · 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: Lipton, low calorie diet iced tea mix, lemon natural flavor · Nearest score peer is Lipton, low calorie diet iced tea mix, lemon natural flavor 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausa…70/1002. Lipton, low calorie diet iced tea mix, lemon natural flavor: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lipton, low calorie diet …70/1003. Lipton Diet Lemon Iced Tea Mix: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Lipton Diet Lemon Iced Te…70/1004. Lipton, low calorie diet iced tea mix, lemon natural flavor: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lipton, low calorie diet …70/1005. Diet decaffeinated lemon sugar free iced tea mix: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Diet decaffeinated lemon …70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy (70/100 on 36 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy
70/100
Lipton, low calorie diet iced tea mix, lemon natural flavor
70/100
Lipton Diet Lemon Iced Tea Mix
70/100
Lipton, low calorie diet iced tea mix, lemon natural flavor
70/100
Diet decaffeinated lemon sugar free iced tea mix
70/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy scores 28.3 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Fully Cooked Sausage Crumbles
2
Pork
3
Mechanically Separated Turkey
4
Soy Protein Concentrate
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Flavorings
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
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
9
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
10
BHA
Avoid GRAS
11
BHT
Caution GRAS
12
Water
13
Cream
14
Corn Starch
15
Soybean Oil
16
Nonfat Dry Milk
17
Wheat Flour
18
Spice
19
Enzyme Modified Cream
20
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
21
Guar Gum
22
Whole Eggs
23
Non-fat Milk
24
Natural Butter Flavor
25
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
26
Annatto And Turmeric Colors
27
Spice Extract
28
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
29
Enzymes
30
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
31
Color
32
Roasted Russet Potatoes
33
Egg
34
Milk
35
Soy
36
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Fully cooked sausage crumbles (pork, mechanically separated turkey, soy protein concentrate, salt, flavorings, sugar, dextrose, citric acid, BHA, BHT), water, cream, modified corn starch, soybean oil, nonfat dry milk, salt, wheat flour, spice, enzyme modified cream (cream, water, salt), xanthan gum, guar gum, whole eggs, non-fat milk, modified corn starch, salt, xanthan gum, citric acid, natural butter flavor (maltodextrin, natural butter flavor, annatto and turmeric colors), spice extract, cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (color), roasted russet potatoes. Contains: egg, milk, soy, wheat.

Other products containing Fully Cooked Sausage Crumbles

Fully Cooked Sausage Crumbles is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Sauces Dehydrated sauces

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy

Neighbours outside Banquet near Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Banquet; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy'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 0031000006518: 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.