Concern

Beef Chorizo

by Reynaldo's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0048696000591 · Reynaldo's · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0048696000591

The verdict

Beef Chorizo by Reynaldo's scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 18 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 18-component label is layered, beginning with Beef Byproduct Blend, Beef Salivary Glands, Beef Lymph Nodes And Beef Fat. 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 18 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

60/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

96000591 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beef Chorizo label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 18 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Gonzalez, northgate ice · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000591 · July 2026

5 of 18 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 96000591 · 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: Gonzalez, northgate ice pops · Nearest score peer is Gonzalez, northgate ice pops at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Beef Chorizo: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Beef Chorizo60/1002. Gonzalez, northgate ice pops: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gonzalez, northgate ice p…60/1003. Royal snacks, berry cherry licorice: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Royal snacks, berry cherr…60/1004. Watermelon Rings Candies: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Watermelon Rings Candies60/1005. Royal snacks, apple rings: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Royal snacks, apple rings60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Beef Chorizo (60/100 on 18 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Beef Chorizo
60/100
Gonzalez, northgate ice pops
60/100
Royal snacks, berry cherry licorice
60/100
Watermelon Rings Candies
60/100
Royal snacks, apple rings
60/100

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. Beef Chorizo scores 32.4 points below that category average (60/100 vs. 92.4/100), 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 Meats and their products products

Beef Chorizo lists 18 ingredients on its label

18 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 18 (80th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Beef Byproduct Blend (Beef Salivary Glands, Beef Lymph Nodes And Beef Fat), Water, Soy Flour Grits, Salt (Salt, Yellow Prussiate of Soda [anticaking]), Vinegar, Beef, Spices, Isolated Soy Protein, Oleoresin of Paprika, Red Pepper, Cure (Salt, Sodium Nitrite, FD&C Red #3), Garlic Powder

Other products containing Beef Salivary Glands

Beef Salivary Glands is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meats and their products Prepared meats Cured sausages Chorizo

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Beef Chorizo

Neighbours outside Reynaldo's near Beef Chorizo's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Reynaldo's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Beef Chorizo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 18-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Beef Chorizo'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 0048696000591: 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.