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Juanita's foods, meatball soup

by Juanita's Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070132008007 · Juanita's Foods · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070132008007 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Juanita's foods, meatball soup by Juanita's Foods scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Soup Base. 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 50 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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

32008007 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Juanita's foods, meatball soup label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Whey PHOTO-FINISH Soup, chicken & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008007 · July 2026

9 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey). Source sheet 32008007 · 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: Soup, chicken & hominy · Nearest score peer is Soup, chicken & hominy 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. Juanita's foods, meatball soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Juanita's foods, meatball…100/1002. Soup, chicken & hominy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Soup, chicken & hominy100/1003. Pozole Pork And Hominy Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pozole Pork And Hominy So…100/1004. Taco Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Taco Sauce100/1005. Pico pica, real mexican style hot sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pico pica, real mexican s…100/100
High-band neighbours for Juanita's foods, meatball soup (100/100) outside Juanita's Foods.
Chart values as text

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

Juanita's foods, meatball soup
100/100
Soup, chicken & hominy
100/100
Pozole Pork And Hominy Soup
100/100
Taco Sauce
100/100
Pico pica, real mexican style hot sauce
100/100

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. Juanita's foods, meatball soup scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

Juanita's foods, meatball soup lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 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: 50 (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

1
Chicken Broth
2
Water
3
Chicken Soup Base
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Msg
6
Chicken Fat
7
Chicken Meat
8
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
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Spice
11
Spice Extractives
12
Potatoes
13
Carrots
14
Celery
15
Organic Onions
16
Rice
17
Meatballs
18
Pork
19
Beef
20
Liquid Whole Eggs
21
Parboiled Rice
22
Bread Crumbs
23
Enriched Wheat Flour
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Reduced Iron
26
Thiamin
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
30
Soybean Oil
31
Canola Oil
32
Yeast
33
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
34
Soy Flour
35
Onion
36
Green Chilis
37
Spices
38
Seasoning
39
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
40
Onion Powder
41
Celery Powders
42
Dehydrated Parsley
43
Oregano
44
Black Pepper
45
Cumin
46
Mace
47
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
48
Chili Pepper
49
Mint Flakes
50
Flavorings

Full Ingredient List

Chicken broth (water, chicken soup base [salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken fat, chicken meat, maltodextrin {from corn}, sugar, spice, and spice extractives]), salt, potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, rice, meatballs (pork, beef, liquid whole eggs, parboiled rice, bread crumbs, enriched wheat flour [niacin, reduced iron, thiamin, riboflavin, folic acid], corn syrup, water, contains 2% or less of the following: soybean oil and/or canola oil, salt, yeast, whey, soy flour), onion, green chilis, salt, spices, seasoning (dextrose, salt, onion powder, celery powders, spices [parsley, oregano, black pepper, cumin, mace], hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, chili pepper, mint flakes), contains 2% or less of the following: natural flavorings, spices.

Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Juanita's foods, meatball soup

Neighbours outside Juanita's Foods with screening scores in the same high band as Juanita's foods, meatball soup (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Juanita's Foods; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Juanita's foods, meatball soup has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Canned foods category 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 0070132008007: 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.