Avoid

Chipped Beef Gravy

by Patterson Packing Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070313815080 · Patterson Packing Company · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070313815080 · Serving size 0.25 cup (57 g)

The verdict

Chipped Beef Gravy by Patterson Packing Company scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Water, Gravy Blend, Wheat Flour. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070313815080
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

13815080 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chipped Beef Gravy label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Banana Pudding With · ±0 BOOK-OFF …815080 · July 2026

12 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 13815080 · 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: Banana Pudding With Wafers · Nearest score peer is Banana Pudding With Wafers 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chipped Beef Gravy: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chipped Beef Gravy40/1002. Banana Pudding With Wafers: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Banana Pudding With Wafers40/1003. Maxfield's, Assorted Chocolates: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Maxfield's, Assorted Choc…40/1004. Maxfeild's, Assorted Chocolate, Coconut Cream, Buttery Caramel, Raspberry Cream, Strawberry Cream, Buttery Caramel, Orange Cream, Peanut Cluster, Chocolate Cream, Lemon Cream, Maple Cream, Butter Rum: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Maxfeild's, Assorted Choc…40/1005. Ice cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice cream40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Chipped Beef Gravy (40/100 on 32 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Chipped Beef Gravy
40/100
Banana Pudding With Wafers
40/100
Maxfield's, Assorted Chocolates
40/100
Maxfeild's, Assorted Chocolate, Coconut Cream, Buttery Caramel, Raspberry Cream, Strawberry Cream, Buttery Caramel, Orange Cream, Peanut Cluster, Chocolate Cream, Lemon Cream, Maple Cream, Butter Rum
40/100
Ice cream
40/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Chipped Beef Gravy scores 58.3 points below that category average (40/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Chipped Beef Gravy lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 32 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Gravy Blend
3
Wheat Flour
4
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
5
Modified Food Starch
6
Corn Syrup Solids
7
Nonfat Milk
8
Dry Whole Milk
9
Butter Oil
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Msg
12
Potassium Caseinate
ENZYME, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Mono And Diglycerides
14
Spice
15
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
18
Carageenan
19
Artificial Flavor
20
Chipped Dried Beef
21
Beef
22
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
23
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
24
BHT
Caution GRAS
25
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
26
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
27
Margarine Powder
28
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
29
Nonfat Dry Milk
30
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Color
32
Natural Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Water, gravy blend (wheat flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, modified food starch, corn syrup solids, nonfat milk, dry whole milk, butter oil, sugar, monosodium glutamate, potassium caseinate, mono and diglycerides, spice, titanium dioxide, salt, xanthan gum, carageenan, artificial flavor), chipped dried beef (beef, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, bht, tbhq, citric acid), margarine powder (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey, nonfat dry milk, mono and diglycerides, sodium caseinate, salt, color, natural flavor), salt

Categories

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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Chipped Beef Gravy

Neighbours outside Patterson Packing Company in the same lower screening band as Chipped Beef Gravy (40/100). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Patterson Packing Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chipped Beef Gravy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Chipped Beef Gravy's 4 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 0070313815080: 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.