Safe

Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak

by Banquet Mega Meals

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000313135 · Banquet Mega Meals · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000313135 · Serving size 368g

The verdict

Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak by Banquet Mega Meals scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Water, Provolone Cheese, Pasteurized Milk. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00313135 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-SPARSE 14% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 23% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Ricotta Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …313135 · July 2026

7 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00313135 · 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: Ricotta Cheese · Nearest score peer is Ricotta Cheese at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Creamy Provolone Salisbur…95/1002. Ricotta Cheese: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ricotta Cheese95/1003. Chunky Bowls White Bean Chicken Chili: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chunky Bowls White Bean C…95/1004. Spicy Vodka: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Spicy Vodka95/1005. Creamy Tomato with Ricotta: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Creamy Tomato with Ricotta95/100
High-band neighbours for Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak (95/100) outside Banquet Mega Meals.
Chart values as text

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

Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak
95/100
Ricotta Cheese
95/100
Chunky Bowls White Bean Chicken Chili
95/100
Spicy Vodka
95/100
Creamy Tomato with Ricotta
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (77th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Provolone Cheese
3
Pasteurized Milk
4
Cultures
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Enzymes
7
Smoke Flavoring
8
Green Bell Peppers
9
Organic Onions
10
Dried Red Bell Peppers
11
Corn Starch
12
Soybean Oil
13
Chicken Flavor
14
Chicken Broth
15
Chicken Fat
16
Nonfat Dry Milk
17
Sodium Phosphates
18
Garlic Powder
19
Onion Powder
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
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
22
Guar Gum
23
Spices
24
Cooked Salisbury Steak
25
Mechanically Separated Chicken
26
Pork
27
Beef
28
Breader
29
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
30
Durum Flour
31
Leavening
32
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
33
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
34
Yeast
35
Textured Vegetable Protein
36
Soy Flour
37
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
38
Soy Protein Concentrate
39
Onion
40
Flavorings
41
Potassium Phosphates
42
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
43
Potassium Salt
44
Roasted Russet Potatoes
45
Butter
46
Cream
47
Milk
48
Soy
49
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Water, provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, smoke flavoring), green bell peppers, onions, red bell peppers, modified corn starch, soybean oil, chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, chicken fat), nonfat dry milk, salt, sodium phosphates, garlic powder, onion powder, xanthan gum, citric acid, guar gum, spices, cooked Salisbury steak (mechanically separated chicken, water, pork, beef, breader [enriched bleached wheat flour, durum flour, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), yeast], textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color], soy protein concentrate), dried onion, flavorings, caramel color, potassium phosphates, dextrose, potassium salt, roasted russet potatoes, butter (cream, salt). Contains: milk, soy, wheat.

Other products containing Cooked Salisbury Steak

Cooked Salisbury Steak is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods Meals Combination Meals Frozen ready-made meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak

Neighbours outside Banquet Mega Meals with screening scores in the same high band as Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak (95/100 here). No other Banquet Mega Meals products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Creamy Provolone Salisbury Steak's 1 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 0031000313135: 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.