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New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style

by Zatarain's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071429012745 · Zatarain's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071429012745 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (49 g)

The verdict

New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style by Zatarain's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Rice, Black Beans, Corn Starch. 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 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

29012745 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 54% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH New orleans, beef · ±0 BOOK-OFF …012745 · July 2026

11 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 29012745 · 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: New orleans, beef rice, beef · Nearest score peer is New orleans, beef rice, beef 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. New orleans style black b…95/1002. New orleans, beef rice, beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. New orleans, beef rice, b…95/1003. Chocolate chip cookie dough: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate chip cookie dou…95/1004. Sesame Asian Chopped Kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sesame Asian Chopped Kit95/1005. Chopped! salad kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chopped! salad kit95/100
High-band neighbours for New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style (95/100) outside Zatarain's.
Chart values as text

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

New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style
95/100
New orleans, beef rice, beef
95/100
Chocolate chip cookie dough
95/100
Sesame Asian Chopped Kit
95/100
Chopped! salad kit
95/100

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. New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style 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 Meals products

New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Above this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Above this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 28 (46th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Rice, black beans, modified corn starch, potato, potassium chloride, soy sauce (hydrolyzed soy protein, corn syrup solids, salt), sea salt, yeast extract, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat & malt barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), garlic, calcium stearate added (to make free flowing), spices (including red pepper), torula yeast, salt, caramel color, dextrose, distilled vinegar, and natural and artificial flavor (including natural hickory smoke flavor).

Categories

Meals Rice dishes

High-score cross-brand comparables for New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style

Neighbours outside Zatarain's with screening scores in the same high band as New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Zatarain's; these peers cross brands.

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (28 on 0071429012745).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare New orleans style black beans and rice, new orleans style'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 0071429012745: 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.