Avoid

Broccoli & Rice Casserole

by Prater's Foods Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077815002833 · Prater's Foods Inc. · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077815002833 · Serving size 0.5 cup (110 g)

The verdict

Broccoli & Rice Casserole by Prater's Foods Inc. scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 73 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 73-component record, beginning with Rice, Water, Cultured Milk And Skim Milk. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 73 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

15002833 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Broccoli & Rice Casserole label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 73 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Premium Ice Cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002833 · July 2026

18 of 73 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 15002833 · 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: Premium Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Premium Ice Cream 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Broccoli & Rice Casserole: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Broccoli & Rice Casserole40/1002. Premium Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Premium Ice Cream40/1003. Premium Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium Ice Cream40/1004. Premium Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Premium Ice Cream40/1005. Premium Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Premium Ice Cream40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Broccoli & Rice Casserole (40/100 on 73 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Broccoli & Rice Casserole
40/100
Premium Ice Cream
40/100
Premium Ice Cream
40/100
Premium Ice Cream
40/100
Premium Ice Cream
40/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Broccoli & Rice Casserole scores 52.9 points below that category average (40/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Broccoli & Rice Casserole lists 73 ingredients on its label

73 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 73 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 73 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Rice
2
Water
3
Cultured Milk And Skim Milk
4
Cream
5
Sodium Phosphate
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Artificial Color
8
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
9
Enzymes
10
Broccoli
11
Cheese Powder
12
Cheese Blend
13
Cheddar Cheese
14
Pasteurized Milk
15
Cheese Culture
16
Butter
17
Buttermilk Solids
18
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
19
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
20
Natural Flavor
21
Enzyme Modified Cheese
22
Disodium Phosphate
23
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
24
Food Starch-modified
25
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
26
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
27
Modified Food Starch
28
Whey Protein
29
Whey Powder
30
Non Fat Dry Milk
31
Spice
32
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
33
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
34
Worcestershire Sauce Powder
35
Distilled Vinegar
36
Molasses. Corn Syrup
37
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
38
Garlic Powder
39
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
40
Spices
41
Tamarind
42
Sulfating Agents
43
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
44
Extractive Of Paprika
45
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Chicken Base
47
Roasted Chicken
48
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
49
Chicken Fat
50
Onion Powder
51
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
52
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
53
Extractive Of Turmeric
54
Color
55
Spice Extractive
56
Vegetable Oil
57
Soybean
58
Cottonseed
59
Cheese Flavor
60
Cultures
61
Salt And Enzymes
62
Anhydrous Milkfat
63
Nonfat Milk Powder
64
Yeast Extract
65
Sodium Citrate
66
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
67
Natural Butter Flavor
68
Natural Cream Flavor
69
Black Pepper
70
Purified Water
71
Fd&c Yellow #5 & #6
72
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
73
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

Full Ingredient List

Rice, water, processed american cheese (cultured milk and skim milk, cream, sodium phosphate, salt, artificial color, lactic acid, enzymes), broccoli, cheese powder [dehydrated cheese blend {whey, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), butter, buttermilk solids, sodium phosphate, yellow 5, yellow 6, natural flavor, enzyme modified cheese (cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), disodium phosphate, enzymes, xanthan gum, )}, {whey, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), food starch-modified, butter, buttermilk solids, salt, sodium phosphate, contains less than 2% of carrageenan, lactic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6, natural flavor, enzyme modified cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], disodium phosphate, enzymes, xanthan gum)}, maltodextrin, modified food starch, whey protein concentrated, whey powder, salt, non fat dry milk, spice, potassium chloride, lactic acid, sorbic acid, worcestershire sauce powder {( distilled vinegar, molasses. corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor, and sulfating agents), maltodextrin, and silicon dioxide}, extractive of paprika, annatto], modified food starch, chicken base (roasted chicken, salt, sugar, hydrolyzed corn protein, chicken fat, onion powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, extractive of turmeric (color), spice extractive), vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed), cheese flavor (cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt and enzymes), anhydrous milkfat, water, nonfat milk powder, salt, yeast extract, sodium citrate, and xanthan gum), natural butter flavor, natural cream flavor, black pepper, artificial color (purified water, (fd&c yellow #5 & #6), sodium benzoate, citric acid).

Categories

Frozen foods

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Broccoli & Rice Casserole

Neighbours outside Prater's Foods Inc. in the same lower screening band as Broccoli & Rice Casserole (40/100). No other Prater's Foods Inc. products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Broccoli & Rice Casserole's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 73-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Broccoli & Rice Casserole's 4 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 0077815002833: 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.