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Ancient grain minestrone soup, ancient grain minestrone

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450089646 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450089646 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Ancient grain minestrone soup, ancient grain minestrone scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 76 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 76-component record, beginning with Water, Tomatoes, Diced Tomatoes. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 76 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

50089646 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ancient grain minestrone soup, ancient grain minestrone label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 76 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …089646 · July 2026

19 of 76 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 50089646 · 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

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.

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 is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

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. Ancient grain minestrone soup, ancient grain minestrone 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

Ancient grain minestrone soup, ancient grain minestrone lists 76 ingredients on its label

76 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 76 (98th 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 76 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Tomatoes
3
Diced Tomatoes
4
Tomato Juice
5
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
6
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
7
Zucchini
8
Cabbage
9
Green Beans
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Zinc Chloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
For Color Stabilization
13
Garbanzo Beans
14
Prepared Garbanzo Beans
15
Disodium Edta Added For Color Retention
16
Black Beans
17
Prepared Black Beans
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Firming Agent
20
Ferrous Gluconate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Safe GRAS
21
Onion
22
Organic Farro
23
Soybean Oil And Extra Virgin Olive Oil
24
Carrots
25
Seasoning
26
And Parmesan Cheese Blend
27
Parmesan Cheese
28
Cheese Culture
29
Enzymes
30
Disodium Phosphate
31
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
32
Onion
33
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Spices
35
Dehydrated Bell Pepper
36
Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide To Prevent Caking
37
Celery
38
Ditalini
39
Semolina
40
Wheat
41
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Iron
43
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
44
Thiamin Mononitrate
45
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
46
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
47
Tomato Paste
48
Vegetable Broth Powder
49
Vegetable Stock
50
Carrot
51
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
52
Flavorings
53
Vegetable Flavor
54
Onion Extract
55
Sauteed Onion
56
Yeast Extract
57
Corn Oil
58
Carrot Extract
59
Celery Extract
60
Garlic Powder
61
Red Wine
62
Natural Garlic Flavor
63
Roasted Garlic
64
Organic Vegetable Puree
65
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
66
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
67
Or Less Canola Oil
68
Organic Onions
69
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
70
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
71
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
72
Glucose
73
Natural Flavor
74
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
75
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
76
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein With Sunflower Oil Added

Full Ingredient List

Water, tomatoes (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), zucchini, cabbage, green beans (green beans, water, salt, zinc chloride [for color stabilization]), garbanzo beans (prepared garbanzo beans, water, salt, disodium edta added for color retention), black beans (prepared black beans, water, sugar, salt, calcium chloride [firming agent], ferrous gluconate), onion, farro, soybean oil and extra virgin olive oil, carrots, seasoning (parmesan cheese blend [parmesan cheese {pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes}, disodium phosphate, lactic acid], dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, salt, spices, dehydrated bell pepper, citric acid, less than 2% silicon dioxide to prevent caking), celery, ditalini (semolina [wheat], niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), tomato paste, vegetable broth powder (vegetable stock [carrot, onion, celery], maltodextrin, flavorings), vegetable flavor (maltodextrin, onion extract, sauteed onion, sugar, salt, yeast extract, corn oil, carrot extract, celery extract, spices, garlic powder, red wine), garlic flavor (roasted garlic, water, vegetable puree [carrots, onion, celery], dextrose, salt, dried garlic, contains 2% or less canola oil, dried onions, xanthan gum, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, glucose, natural flavor, caramel color), salt, hydrolyzed corn protein (hydrolyzed corn protein with sunflower oil added).

Categories

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ancient grain minestrone soup, ancient grain minestrone's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 76-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Ancient grain minestrone soup, ancient grain minestrone'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 0075450089646: 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.