Low calorie borscht
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072700102759 · R.A.B. Food Group Llc · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Low calorie borscht by R.A.B. Food Group Llc scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Water, Beets, Salt; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 7 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
60/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
85/100
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.
00102759 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Low calorie borscht label screening desk
3 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Saccharin). Source sheet 00102759 · 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: Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored · Nearest score peer is Buldak Potato Chips Quattro Cheese Spicy Chicken Artificially Flavored 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.
The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
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. Low calorie borscht scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Canned foods products
Low calorie borscht lists 7 ingredients on its label
7 8th percentile a longer ingredient list than 8% of the 2,784 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 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 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 7 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water, beets, salt, beetroot powder, citric acid, sodium saccharin (0.01% by weight per serving).
Other products containing Saccharin
Saccharin is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 120 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Low calorie borscht
Neighbours outside R.A.B. Food Group Llc with screening scores in the same high band as Low calorie borscht (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within R.A.B. Food Group Llc; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 7 on 0072700102759).
Short-label peers (≤8 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (7 on 0072700102759).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Saccharin is the first flagged ingredient selected from Low calorie borscht's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Saccharin. Open Saccharin
- Compare Low calorie borscht'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 0072700102759: 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.