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Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash

by Hormel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600199919 · Hormel · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600199919 · Serving size 1 cup (236 g)

The verdict

Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash by Hormel scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Beef, Rehydrated Potatoes, Water; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 13 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.

00199919 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 13 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 64% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Beef Stew · ±0 BOOK-OFF …199919 · July 2026

2 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00199919 · 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: Beef Stew · Nearest score peer is Beef Stew 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hormel, mary kitchen, hom…95/1002. Beef Stew: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beef Stew95/1003. Big Bowls Beef Stew: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Big Bowls Beef Stew95/1004. Beef Stew Sm: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Beef Stew Sm95/1005. Beef Stew: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Beef Stew95/100
High-band neighbours for Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash (95/100) outside Hormel.
Chart values as text

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

Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash
95/100
Beef Stew
95/100
Big Bowls Beef Stew
95/100
Beef Stew Sm
95/100
Beef Stew
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 13,350 products we've scored in the Meats and their products category, the average safety score is 92.4/100. Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash scores 2.6 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.4/100), 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 Canned foods products

Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash lists 13 ingredients on its label

13 36th percentile a longer ingredient list than 36% of the 2,784 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 58 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 6–8: 148 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 226 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 301 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 233 products (8%). This entry sits in this band. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Above this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Above this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Canned 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

2,784 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 13 (36th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
58 products (2%)
4–6
123 products (4%)
6–8
148 products (5%)
8–10
226 products (8%)
10–12
301 products (11%)
12–14
233 products (8%)
14–16
246 products (9%)
16–18
182 products (7%)
18–20
165 products (6%)
20–22
133 products (5%)
22–24
133 products (5%)
24–26
123 products (4%)
26–28
116 products (4%)
28–30
124 products (4%)
30–32
78 products (3%)
32–34
95 products (3%)
34–36
65 products (2%)
36–38
49 products (2%)
38–40
61 products (2%)
40 and above
123 products (4%)

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 2,784 Canned 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 13 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Beef, rehydrated potatoes, water, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), contains 2% or less of salt, hydrolyzed soy, corn, and wheat protein, flavoring, sugar, spices.

Categories

Canned foods Meats and their products Meats Canned meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash

Neighbours outside Hormel with screening scores in the same high band as Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 13 on 0037600199919).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Hormel, mary kitchen, homestyle roast beef hash'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 0037600199919: 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.