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Meal soup

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000650072 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000650072 · Serving size 340 g (340 g)

The verdict

Meal soup scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Cheese Tortellini, Enriched Durum Wheat Flour, Durum Flour. 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 56 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.

00650072 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Meal soup label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …650072 · July 2026

13 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00650072 · 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

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.

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. Meal soup 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

Meal soup lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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: 56 (86th 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 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cheese Tortellini
2
Enriched Durum Wheat Flour
3
Durum Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Ricotta Cheese
11
Pasteurized Whey
12
Milk Fat
13
Milk
14
Bread Crumbs
15
Enriched Flour
16
Reduced Iron
17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Soybean Oil
19
Yeast
20
Parmesan Cheese
21
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
22
Cultures
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Enzymes
25
Whole Eggs
26
Asiago Cheese
27
Pasteurized Milk
28
Egg Whites
29
Spices
30
Grilled Garlic Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat
31
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
32
Seasoning
33
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
34
Onion
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Flavoring
37
Isolated Soy Protein Product
38
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
39
Modified Food Starch
40
Corn Starch
41
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
42
Soy Lecithin
43
Organic Onions
44
Spinach
45
Tomato Paste
46
Crushed Tomatoes In Puree
47
Diced Tomatoes
48
Organic Tomato Puree
49
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
50
Cream
51
Celery
52
Chicken Broth
53
Carrots
54
Butter
55
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
56
Organic Basil

Full Ingredient List

Cheese tortellini (enriched durum wheat flour [durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, ricotta cheese [pasteurized whey, milk fat, milk], bread crumbs [enriched flour {wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, sugar, soybean oil, yeast], parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], whole eggs, asiago cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], salt, egg whites, spices), water, grilled garlic chicken breast strips with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, seasoning [dextrose, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, flavoring], isolated soy protein product [isolated soy protein, modified food starch, corn starch, carrageenan, soy lecithin], salt), onions, spinach, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes in puree (diced tomatoes, tomato puree, citric acid), diced tomatoes, cream, celery, concentrated chicken broth, carrots, less than 2% of: butter (cream), parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), garlic, soybean oil, salt, sugar, basil, spices.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Meal soup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Meal soup'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 0031000650072: 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.