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Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce

by Food Lion

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0035826006271 · Food Lion. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0035826006271 · Serving size 250.99999999999997g

The verdict

Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce by Food Lion scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 31-component record, beginning with Tomatoes, Organic Tomato Puree, Water. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 31 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

78/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

26006271 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-RARE Ammonium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Apple Cider Vinegar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …006271 · July 2026

12 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ammonium Chloride). Source sheet 26006271 · 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: Apple Cider Vinegar · Nearest score peer is Apple Cider Vinegar 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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Macaroni & Beef In Tomato…100/1002. Apple Cider Vinegar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Apple Cider Vinegar100/1003. Fudge Striped Shortbread Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fudge Striped Shortbread …100/1004. Juice Frozen Concentrate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Juice Frozen Concentrate100/1005. 100% Pineapple Orange Juice - Frozen Concentrate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 100% Pineapple Orange Jui…100/100
High-band neighbours for Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce (100/100) outside Food Lion.
Chart values as text

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

Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce
100/100
Apple Cider Vinegar
100/100
Fudge Striped Shortbread Cookies
100/100
Juice Frozen Concentrate
100/100
100% Pineapple Orange Juice - Frozen Concentrate
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 31 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Tomatoes
2
Organic Tomato Puree
3
Water
4
Beef
5
Enriched Macaroni Product
6
Semolina Wheat Flour
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Iron
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Vitamin B1
11
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Vitamin B2
13
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Corn Starch
18
Enzyme Modified Cheese
19
Cheddar Cheese
20
Pasteurized Milk
21
Cultures
22
Enzymes
23
Sodium Phosphate
24
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
25
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
26
Flavorings
27
Ammonium Chloride
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
28
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
29
Yeast Extract
30
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
31
Soybean Oil

Full Ingredient List

TOMATOES (TOMATO PUREE, WATER), WATER, BEEF, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), LESS THAN 2% OF: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, SEA SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM), POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, FLAVORINGS, AMMONIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, LACTIC ACID, SOYBEAN OIL.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce

Neighbours outside Food Lion with screening scores in the same high band as Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Food Lion; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Macaroni & Beef In Tomato Sauce has a longer ingredient list than 87% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0035826006271: 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.