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Ranchero steak & eggs bowl

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077900194863 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077900194863 · Serving size 1 BOWL (255 g)

The verdict

Ranchero steak & eggs bowl scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 76 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 76-component record, beginning with Precooked Scrambled Eggs, Whole Eggs, 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

00194863 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ranchero steak & eggs bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 76 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …194863 · July 2026

18 of 76 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00194863 · 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. Ranchero steak & eggs bowl scores 3.6 points below that category average (90/100 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

Ranchero steak & eggs bowl 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

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: 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 76 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Precooked Scrambled Eggs
2
Whole Eggs
3
Skim Milk
4
Soybean Oil
5
Corn Starch
6
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
7
Liquid Pepper Extract
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
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
10
Artificial Butter Flavor
11
Butter
12
Lipolyzed Butter Fat
13
Natural Flavors And Artificial Flavors
14
Seasoned Red Potatoes
15
Red Potatoes
16
Spice
17
Onion
18
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Canola Oil
20
Olive Oil
21
Chipotle Salsa
22
Water
23
Organic Tomato Puree
24
Tomato Paste
25
Tomatoes
26
Dried Red Bell Peppers
27
Dried Vinegar
28
Modified Food Starch
29
Chicken Broth
30
Spices
31
Chipotle Pepper Powder
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Onion
35
Yeast Extract
36
Lime Fruit Powder
37
Lime Juice Concentrate
38
Rice Maltodextrin
39
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
40
Anti-caking Agent
41
Paprika Extract
42
Color
43
Cooked Grilled Seasoned Diced Beef Steak
44
Water & Binder Product
45
Caramel Color Added
46
Beef
47
Seasoning
48
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
49
Onion Powder
50
Garlic Powder
51
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
52
Brown Sugar
53
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
54
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
55
Tomato Powder
56
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
57
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
58
Dried Beef Stock
59
Natural Flavors
60
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
61
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
62
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
63
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
64
Lemon Juice Solids
65
Sodium Phosphate
66
Modified Food Starch And Salt
67
Organic Onions
68
Cheddar Cheese
69
Pasteurized Milk
70
Cheese Culture
71
Enzymes
72
Annatto Color
73
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose
74
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
75
Natural Mold Inhibitor
76
Poblano Peppers

Full Ingredient List

Precooked scrambled eggs [whole eggs, skim milk, soybean oil, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, liquid pepper extract, salt, citric acid, artificial butter flavor (soybean oil, butter, lipolyzed butter fat, flavors and artificial flavors)], seasoned red potatoes (red potatoes, salt, spice, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, contains 2% or less: canola oil, olive oil), chipotle salsa (water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), tomatoes, red bell peppers, vinegar, food starch modified, chicken broth, spices (contains chipotle pepper powder), sugar, garlic, salt, onion, yeast extract, canola oil, lime fruit powder [lime juice concentrate, rice maltodextrin, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent)], xanthan gum, paprika extract (color)), cooked grilled seasoned diced beef steak, water & binder product, caramel color added (beef, water, seasoning [yeast extract, modified potato starch, onion powder, salt, garlic powder, dextrose, brown sugar, spice, carrageenan, caramel color, tomato powder, corn syrup, maltodextrin, citric acid, dehydrated beef stock, natural flavors, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, potassium chloride, thiamine hydrochloride, lemon juice solids], sodium phosphate, modified food starch and salt), onions, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color, potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)], poblano peppers, water.

Categories

Meals

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ranchero steak & eggs bowl'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Ranchero steak & eggs bowl's 2 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 0077900194863: 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.