Caution

Key food, corned beef with natural juice

by Key Food

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073296154511 · Key Food · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073296154511 · Serving size 0.25 cup (56 g)

The verdict

Key food, corned beef with natural juice by Key Food scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 6 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 6-component label led by Cooked Beef, Beef, Water; 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 6 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

96154511 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Key food, corned beef with natural juice label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 6 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 93% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Creamy supreme sugar-free · ±0 BOOK-OFF …154511 · July 2026

3 of 6 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 96154511 · 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: Creamy supreme sugar-free vanilla frosting · Nearest score peer is Creamy supreme sugar-free vanilla frosting 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.

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.

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

1. Key food, corned beef with natural juice: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Key food, corned beef wit…85/1002. Creamy supreme sugar-free vanilla frosting: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Creamy supreme sugar-free…85/1003. Funfetti Oreo Cake Mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Funfetti Oreo Cake Mix85/1004. Kentucky legend, smoked pork chops, center cut: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kentucky legend, smoked p…85/1005. Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Smoked Sausage85/100
High-band neighbours for Key food, corned beef with natural juice (85/100) outside Key Food.
Chart values as text

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

Key food, corned beef with natural juice
85/100
Creamy supreme sugar-free vanilla frosting
85/100
Funfetti Oreo Cake Mix
85/100
Kentucky legend, smoked pork chops, center cut
85/100
Smoked Sausage
85/100

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. Key food, corned beef with natural juice 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

Key food, corned beef with natural juice lists 6 ingredients on its label

6 7th percentile a longer ingredient list than 7% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 226 products (8%). Above this entry. 10–12: 301 products (11%). Above this entry. 12–14: 233 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Above this entry. 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: 6 (7th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 6 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Cooked beef, beef, water, salt, sugar, sodium nitrite.

Categories

Canned foods Meats and their products Meals Meats Meals with meat Beef dishes Canned meats Corned beef

High-score cross-brand comparables for Key food, corned beef with natural juice

Neighbours outside Key Food with screening scores in the same high band as Key food, corned beef with natural juice (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Key Food; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Key food, corned beef with natural juice's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 6-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Key food, corned beef with natural juice'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 0073296154511: 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.