Caution

Brown Gravy Mix

by Clear Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036800280854 · Clear Value. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036800280854 · Serving size 6g

The verdict

Brown Gravy Mix by Clear Value scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Flour Enriched With Niacin, Reduced Iron. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00280854 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Brown Gravy Mix label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Bromate PHOTO-FINISH microwave popcorn kettle · ±0 BOOK-OFF …280854 · July 2026

9 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bromate). Source sheet 00280854 · 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: microwave popcorn kettle corn · Nearest score peer is microwave popcorn kettle corn 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Brown Gravy Mix: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Brown Gravy Mix70/1002. microwave popcorn kettle corn: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. microwave popcorn kettle …70/1003. Butter & garlic jumbo croutons, butter & garlic: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Butter & garlic jumbo cro…70/1004. Diet lemon lime flavored soda, diet lemon lime: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Diet lemon lime flavored …70/1005. Red Cream Soda: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Red Cream Soda70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Brown Gravy Mix (70/100 on 21 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Brown Gravy Mix
70/100
microwave popcorn kettle corn
70/100
Butter & garlic jumbo croutons, butter & garlic
70/100
Diet lemon lime flavored soda, diet lemon lime
70/100
Red Cream Soda
70/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Brown Gravy Mix lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 21 (73rd 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.

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, AND POTASSIUM BROMATE) MALTODEXTRIN, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, SALT,MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN STARCH, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CARAMEL COLOR, TORULA YEAST, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, BEET POWDER, LACTIC ACID, RIBOTIDE INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE.

Other products containing Ribotide Inosinate And Guanylate

Ribotide Inosinate And Guanylate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Brown Gravy Mix

Neighbours outside Clear Value near Brown Gravy Mix's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Clear Value; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Bromate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Brown Gravy Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Bromate. Open Potassium Bromate
  • Compare Brown Gravy Mix'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 0036800280854: 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.