Caution

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

by Campbell's Chunky

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051000150073 · Campbell's Chunky · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051000150073 · Serving size 1 serving (533 g)

The verdict

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo by Campbell's Chunky scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Water, Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Rice. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 36 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

00150073 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 36% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Chicken and Sausage · ±0 BOOK-OFF …150073 · July 2026

8 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 00150073 · 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: Chicken and Sausage Gumbo · Nearest score peer is Chicken and Sausage Gumbo 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.

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.

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. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo80/1002. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo80/1003. Banquet, Pork Patty Meal: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Banquet, Pork Patty Meal80/1004. Premium Corn Dog Meals: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Premium Corn Dog Meals80/1005. BANQUET Turkey Meal, 9.25 OZ: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. BANQUET Turkey Meal, 9.25…80/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken and Sausage Gumbo (80/100) outside Campbell's Chunky.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
80/100
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
80/100
Banquet, Pork Patty Meal
80/100
Premium Corn Dog Meals
80/100
BANQUET Turkey Meal, 9.25 OZ
80/100

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. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo scores 13.6 points below that category average (80/100 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 Meals products

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 64th percentile a longer ingredient list than 64% 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: 36 (64th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice
3
Rice
4
Organic Tomato Puree
5
Tomato Paste
6
Organic Grilled Chicken Meat
7
Andouille Sausage
8
Pork
9
Seasonings
10
Spices
11
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Onion Powder
13
Garlic Powder
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Hickory Char Oil
16
Soybean Oil
17
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor
18
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
19
Celery
20
Okra
21
Green Peppers
22
Modified Food Starch
23
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Organic Onions
25
Red Peppers
26
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Flavoring
28
Chicken Broth
29
Yeast Extract
30
Carrots
31
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
32
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
33
Chicken Fat
34
Onion Extract
35
Garlic Extract
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Dehydrated May Contain Traces Of Wheat

Full Ingredient List

water, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, rice, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), grilled chicken meat, andouille sausage (pork, water, seasonings [spices, dextrose, onion powder, garlic powder], salt, hickory char oil [soybean oil, natural hickory smoke flavor], sodium nitrite), celery, okra, green peppers, contains less than 2% of: modified food starch, salt, sugar, onions**, red peppers**, potato starch, spices, flavoring, chicken broth**, yeast extract, carrots, carrageenan, onions, sodium carbonate, chicken fat, onion extract, garlic extract, **dehydratedmay contain traces of wheat

Other products containing Dehydrated May Contain Traces Of Wheat

Dehydrated May Contain Traces Of Wheat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Neighbours outside Campbell's Chunky with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken and Sausage Gumbo (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Campbell's Chunky; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken and Sausage Gumbo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Chicken and Sausage Gumbo'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 0051000150073: 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.