Safe

Ready-to-serve beef broth, beef

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070253268373 · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070253268373 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Ready-to-serve beef broth, beef scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 20 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 20-component label is layered, beginning with Beef Broth, The Following Salt, Sugar. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 20 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

53268373 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ready-to-serve beef broth, beef label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 20 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 40% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …268373 · July 2026

7 of 20 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 53268373 · 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

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.

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.

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.

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. Ready-to-serve beef broth, beef 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 Canned foods products

Ready-to-serve beef broth, beef lists 20 ingredients on its label

20 60th percentile a longer ingredient list than 60% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Above this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Above this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 20 (60th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 20 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef Broth
 2
The Following Salt
 3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
5
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
 6
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
7
Corn Maltodextrin
 8
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
 9
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
 10
Natural Flavor
 11
Wheat
 12
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
13
Msg
 14
Onion Powder
 15
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
16
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
17
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
18
Thiamin Hydrochloride
 19
Sulphur Dioxide
 20
Soy Protein Isolate

Full Ingredient List

Beef broth, contains less than 1% of the following salt, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract, hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, corn maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, natural flavor (including wheat), dextrose, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, thiamin hydrochloride, sulphur dioxide, soy protein isolate.

Other products containing The Following Salt

The Following Salt is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ready-to-serve beef broth, beef's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 20-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Ready-to-serve beef broth, beef'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 0070253268373: 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.