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Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor

by Unilever

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041000252099 · Unilever. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041000252099 · Serving size 64g

The verdict

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor by Unilever scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 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 36-component record, beginning with Enriched Parboiled Long Grain Rice, Rice, Niacin. 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 36 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.

00252099 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Torula yeast PHOTO-FINISH Loaded potato with · ±0 BOOK-OFF …252099 · July 2026

14 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 00252099 · 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: Loaded potato with bacon cheese crisps & croutons soup · Nearest score peer is Loaded potato with bacon cheese crisps & croutons soup 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.

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. Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Rice & Pasta Blend In A B…100/1002. Loaded potato with bacon cheese crisps & croutons soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Loaded potato with bacon …100/1003. Well yes! lightly salted vegetable noodle soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Well yes! lightly salted …100/1004. Robusto Italian Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Robusto Italian Dressing100/1005. Tomato bisque condensed soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tomato bisque condensed s…100/100
High-band neighbours for Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor (100/100) outside Unilever.
Chart values as text

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

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor
100/100
Loaded potato with bacon cheese crisps & croutons soup
100/100
Well yes! lightly salted vegetable noodle soup
100/100
Robusto Italian Dressing
100/100
Tomato bisque condensed soup
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 36 (91st 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
Enriched Parboiled Long Grain Rice
2
Rice
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Ferric Orthophosphate
5
Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Vitamin B1
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Enriched Vermicelli
10
Wheat And Durum Flour
11
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
12
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Vitamin B2
14
Corn Starch
15
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
16
Corn
17
Potato
18
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Milk
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
22
Onion Powder
23
Spices
24
Paprika And Extract Of Turmeric
25
For Color
26
Refined High Oleic Sunflower Oil
27
Natural Flavor
28
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
29
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
30
Garlic Powder
31
Soybean Oil
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Skim Milk
34
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
36
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED PARBOILED LONG GRAIN RICE [RICE, NIACIN, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), FOLIC ACID], ENRICHED VERMICELLI [WHEAT AND DURUM FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID], CORN STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN (CORN, POTATO), WHEY (MILK), SALT, GARLIC*, ONION POWDER, SPICES, PAPRIKA AND EXTRACT OF TURMERIC (FOR COLOR), HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, GARLIC POWDER, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, SKIM MILK*, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, TORULA YEAST.

Other products containing Paprika And Extract Of Turmeric

Paprika And Extract Of Turmeric is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor

Neighbours outside Unilever with screening scores in the same high band as Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Unilever; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Buttery Garlic & Cajun Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor has a longer ingredient list than 91% 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 0041000252099: 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.