Caution

Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese

by Jimmy Dean

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077900471315 · Jimmy Dean · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077900471315 · Serving size 198.0g

The verdict

Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese by Jimmy Dean scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-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.

00471315 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 33% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrate PHOTO-FINISH Egg'Wich · ±0 BOOK-OFF …471315 · July 2026

9 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrate). Source sheet 00471315 · 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: Egg'Wich · Nearest score peer is Egg'Wich 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 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. Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs…85/1002. Egg'Wich: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Egg'Wich85/1003. Bacon & Spinach Frittatas: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bacon & Spinach Frittatas85/1004. Chicken Sausage Links: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chicken Sausage Links85/1005. Chicken and bacon twisters: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken and bacon twisters85/100
High-band neighbours for Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese (85/100) outside Jimmy Dean.
Chart values as text

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

Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese
85/100
Egg'Wich
85/100
Bacon & Spinach Frittatas
85/100
Chicken Sausage Links
85/100
Chicken and bacon twisters
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. Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese 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 Meals products

Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 67th percentile a longer ingredient list than 67% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 37 (67th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 37 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
Diced Dehydrated Potatoes
15
Potatoes
16
Vegetable Oil
17
Soybean
18
Cottonseed Oils
19
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
20
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
21
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate And Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
22
Bacon
23
Cured With Water
24
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
Sodium Phosphates
26
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
Sodium Nitrate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
28
Smoke Flavoring
29
Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese
30
Pasteurized Milk
31
Cheese Culture
32
Enzymes
33
Annatto Color
34
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
35
May Also Contain Natamycin
36
Natural Mold Inhibitor
37
Water

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)), diced potatoes (potatoes, vegetable oil [soybean and/or cottonseed oils], maltodextrin, salt, dextrose, tetrasodium pyrophosphate and sodium acid pyrophosphate [to maintain natural color])., bacon ([ cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate], smoke flavoring), shredded mild cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color, cellulose (to prevent caking), may also contain natamycin (a mold inhibitor)), water.

Other products containing Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese

Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese

Neighbours outside Jimmy Dean with screening scores in the same high band as Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jimmy Dean; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrate. Open Sodium Nitrate
  • Compare Breakfast Bowl Bacon Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese'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 0077900471315: 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.