Safe

Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup

by Progresso

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041196404814 · Progresso · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041196404814 · Serving size 1 can (524 g)

The verdict

Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup by Progresso scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Beef Broth, Water, Cooked Diced Seasoned Beef And Modified Food Starch Product. 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 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

96404814 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 33% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Beef Birria Ramen · ±0 BOOK-OFF …404814 · July 2026

8 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 96404814 · 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 Birria Ramen Noodles · Nearest score peer is Beef Birria Ramen Noodles 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Light Progresso Beef Pot …95/1002. Beef Birria Ramen Noodles: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beef Birria Ramen Noodles95/1003. Hearty Smokehouse-Style Steak & Potatoes with Roasted Vegetables Soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hearty Smokehouse-Style S…95/1004. Mild Bbq Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mild Bbq Sauce95/1005. Bbq sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bbq sauce95/100
High-band neighbours for Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup (95/100) outside Progresso.
Chart values as text

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

Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup
95/100
Beef Birria Ramen Noodles
95/100
Hearty Smokehouse-Style Steak & Potatoes with Roasted Vegetables Soup
95/100
Mild Bbq Sauce
95/100
Bbq sauce
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 67th percentile a longer ingredient list than 67% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (67th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef Broth
2
Water
3
Cooked Diced Seasoned Beef And Modified Food Starch Product
4
Beef
5
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
6
Modified Food Starch
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Sodium Phosphates
9
Natural Flavor
10
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
11
Carrots
12
Tomatoes
13
Potatoes
14
Celery
15
Green Beans
16
Corn Protein
17
Hydrolyzed
18
Peas
19
Tomato Paste
20
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
21
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
22
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
23
Flavoring
24
Tomato Extract
25
Yeast Extract
26
Garlic Powder
27
Toasted Onion Powder
28
Beef Fat
29
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
30
Beef Extract
31
Spice
32
Dehydrated Parsley
33
Soybean Oil
34
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
35
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
36
Onion Powder
37
Sodium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

beef broth, water, cooked diced seasoned beef and modified food starch product (beef, beef broth, hydrolyzed soy protein, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphates, natural flavor, maltodextrin), carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, celery, green beans, contains less than 2% of: corn protein (hydrolyzed), dried peas, tomato paste, sugar, xanthan gum, potassium chloride, salt, flavoring, maltodextrin, tomato extract, yeast extract, garlic powder, toasted onion powder, beef fat, caramel color, beef extract, natural flavor, spice, dried parsley, soybean oil, calcium chloride, citric acid, onion powder, sodium phosphate,

Other products containing Cooked Diced Seasoned Beef And Modified Food Starch Product

Cooked Diced Seasoned Beef And Modified Food Starch Product is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup

Neighbours outside Progresso with screening scores in the same high band as Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Progresso; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Light Progresso Beef Pot Roast 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 0041196404814: 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.