Concern

Winco foods, brown gravy mix

by Winco Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070552901254 · Winco Foods · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070552901254 · Serving size 1 Tbsp (6 g)

The verdict

Winco foods, brown gravy mix by Winco Foods scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Maltodextrin, Wheat Flour, Food Starch-modified. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070552901254
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

47/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

52901254 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Winco foods, brown gravy mix label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 58% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Kitu vanilla protein · ±0 BOOK-OFF …901254 · July 2026

14 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 52901254 · 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: Kitu vanilla protein + mct oil super creamer · Nearest score peer is Kitu vanilla protein + mct oil super creamer 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.

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. Winco foods, brown gravy mix: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Winco foods, brown gravy …65/1002. Kitu vanilla protein + mct oil super creamer: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kitu vanilla protein + mc…65/1003. Chocolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate65/1004. Strawberries 'n creme genuine non dairy protein shake, strawberries 'n creme: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Strawberries 'n creme gen…65/1005. muscle milk: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. muscle milk65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Winco foods, brown gravy mix (65/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Winco foods, brown gravy mix
65/100
Kitu vanilla protein + mct oil super creamer
65/100
Chocolate
65/100
Strawberries 'n creme genuine non dairy protein shake, strawberries 'n creme
65/100
muscle milk
65/100

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. Winco foods, brown gravy mix scores 33.3 points below that category average (65/100 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

Winco foods, brown gravy mix lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 24 (87th 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 24 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
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
2
Wheat Flour
3
Food Starch-modified
4
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
5
Corn
6
Soy
7
Wheat
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
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
10
Beef Fat
11
Beef Extract
12
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
13
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
14
Beet Powder
15
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
16
Natural Flavor
17
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
18
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
19
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
20
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
Gum Arabic
22
BHA
Avoid GRAS
23
BHT
Caution GRAS
24
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

Full Ingredient List

Maltodextrin, wheat flour, food starch-modified, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (corn, soy, and/or wheat), salt, dextrose, beef fat, contains less than 2% beef extract, garlic, autolyzed yeast extract, beet powder, caramel color, natural flavor, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, lactic acid, calcium lactate, gum arabic, bha, bht, citric acid.

Categories

Condiments Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Sauces Dehydrated sauces Groceries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Winco foods, brown gravy mix

Neighbours outside Winco Foods near Winco foods, brown gravy mix's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Winco Foods; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Winco foods, brown gravy mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Winco foods, brown gravy mix's 3 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 0070552901254: 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.