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Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat

by Essential Everyday

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041303017067 · Essential Everyday · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041303017067 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat by Essential Everyday scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Water, Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Cooked Chicken Meat. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 47 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

03017067 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Bacon Jerky · ±0 BOOK-OFF …017067 · July 2026

7 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 03017067 · 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: Bacon Jerky · Nearest score peer is Bacon Jerky 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.

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. Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Essential everyday, chunk…85/1002. Bacon Jerky: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bacon Jerky85/1003. Grass-fed Whey Protein + Prebiotic Fiber: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Grass-fed Whey Protein + …85/1004. Enriched Hamburger Buns: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Enriched Hamburger Buns85/1005. Sunbeam, 8 Hot Dog, Sliced, Enriched Rolls: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sunbeam, 8 Hot Dog, Slice…85/100
High-band neighbours for Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat (85/100) outside Essential Everyday.
Chart values as text

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

Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat
85/100
Bacon Jerky
85/100
Grass-fed Whey Protein + Prebiotic Fiber
85/100
Enriched Hamburger Buns
85/100
Sunbeam, 8 Hot Dog, Sliced, Enriched Rolls
85/100

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. Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Canned foods products

Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Below this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 47 (99th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice
3
Cooked Chicken Meat
4
Chicken Meat
5
Corn Starch
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Sodium Phosphate
8
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
9
Rice
10
Cooked Andouille Sausage
11
Pork
12
Water Spices And Spice Extractives
13
Granulated Garlic
14
Granulated Onion
15
Paprika
16
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
17
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavoring
18
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
19
Celery
20
Organic Tomato Puree
21
Tomato Paste
22
Green Pepper
23
Okra
24
Or Less Of Corn Starch
25
Green Chili Peppers
26
Onion
27
Red Peppers
28
Chicken Broth
29
Bacon Fat
30
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Jalapeno Peppers
32
Autolyzed Yeast Extract Chicken Powder
33
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
34
Spices
35
Dehydrated Parsley
36
Tomato Powder
37
Natural Flavor
38
Red Pepper
39
Onion Powder Garlic Powder
40
Yeast Extract
41
Molasses Solids
42
Natural Smoke Flavor
43
Extract Or Paprika
44
Grill Flavor
45
From Sunflower Oil
46
Soy Lecithin
47
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

Full Ingredient List

Water, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, cooked chicken meat (chicken meat, water, modified corn starch, salt, sodium phosphate, isolated soy protein), rice, cooked andouille sausage (pork, water spices and spice extractives, salt, sodium phosphate, granulated garlic, granulated onion, paprika, maltodextrin, natural hickory smoke flavoring, sodium nitrite), celery, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), green pepper, okra, contains 2% or less of corn starch, green chili peppers, dehydrated onion, dehydrated red peppers, chicken broth, salt, bacon fat, sugar, jalapeno peppers, autolyzed yeast extract chicken powder, maltodextrin, potassium chloride, spices, dehydrated parsley, tomato powder, natural flavor, red pepper, onion powder garlic powder, yeast extract, molasses solids, smoke flavor, extract or paprika, grill flavor (from sunflower oil), soy lecithin, citric acid.

Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat

Neighbours outside Essential Everyday with screening scores in the same high band as Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Essential Everyday; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Essential everyday, chunky soup, gumbo, grilled chicken & sausage, made with lean chicken meat'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 0041303017067: 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.