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Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl

by Bob Evans

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075900005936 · Bob Evans · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075900005936 · Serving size 1 BOWL (311 g)

The verdict

Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl by Bob Evans scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Country Gravy, Water, Gravy Mix. 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 54 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.

00005936 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Dessert Dark Chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005936 · July 2026

17 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00005936 · 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: Dessert Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge · Nearest score peer is Dessert Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bob evans, country gravy,…95/1002. Dessert Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dessert Dark Chocolate Ho…95/1003. Dessert Topping Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Dessert Topping Dark Choc…95/1004. Dessert Topping, Extra Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Dessert Topping, Extra Da…95/1005. Vanilla buttercream bumpy cake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Vanilla buttercream bumpy…95/100
High-band neighbours for Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl (95/100) outside Bob Evans.
Chart values as text

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

Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl
95/100
Dessert Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge
95/100
Dessert Topping Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge
95/100
Dessert Topping, Extra Dark Chocolate Hot Fudge
95/100
Vanilla buttercream bumpy cake
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. Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl 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

Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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

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: 54 (88th 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 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Country Gravy
2
Water
3
Gravy Mix
4
Modified Food Starch
5
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
6
Enriched Bleached Flour
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Reduced Iron
9
Thiamin Mononitrate
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Palm Oil
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Corn Syrup Solids
15
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean
16
Cottonseed Oil
17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Black Pepper
19
Bacon-flavored Fat
20
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
22
Soy
23
Wheat
24
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
25
Monoglycerides
26
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
27
Mono - & Diglycerides
28
Natural And Artificial Flavor
29
Sodium Citrate
30
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
31
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
32
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
33
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
34
Color Added
35
Cooked Potatoes
36
Potatoes
37
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
38
Disodium Pyrophosphate To Maintain Color
39
Potassium Sorbate To Protect Flavor
40
Cholesterol Free Precooked Eggs
41
Egg Whites
42
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
43
Artificial Flavor
44
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
45
Added For Color
46
Cooked Sausage
47
Pork
48
Spices
49
Msg
50
Cheddar Cheese
51
Pasteurized Milk
52
Cheese Culture
53
Enzymes
54
Vegetable Color

Full Ingredient List

Country gravy (water, gravy mix [modified food starch, maltodextrin, enriched bleached flour {wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, palm oil, salt, corn syrup solids, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, sugar, contains less than 2% of the following: black pepper, bacon-flavored fat {with tbhq}, sodium caseinate {a milk derivative}, hydrolyzed vegetable protein {corn, soy and/or wheat}, dipotassium phosphate, monoglycerides, autolyzed yeast extract, mono - & diglycerides, natural and artificial flavor, sodium citrate, potassium chloride, carrageenan, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, color added]), cooked potatoes (potatoes, dextrose, disodium pyrophosphate to maintain color, potassium sorbate to protect flavor), cholesterol free precooked eggs (egg whites, modified food starch, xanthan gum, artificial flavor, annatto [added for color]), cooked sausage (pork, salt, spices, monosodium glutamate), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [vegetable color]).

Other products containing Cholesterol Free Precooked Eggs

Cholesterol Free Precooked Eggs is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl

Neighbours outside Bob Evans with screening scores in the same high band as Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bob Evans; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Bob evans, country gravy, sausage & potatoes bowl'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 0075900005936: 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.