Smart Bowls Pasta & Beans - With Tuna Mediterranean Style

by StarKist

100
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

Smart Bowls Pasta & Beans - With Tuna Mediterranean Style by StarKist receives a safety score of 100/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. None of the ingredients in this product are flagged for safety concerns by FDA or CSPI databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0080000519764
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed

What the Data Says About

Smart Bowls Pasta & Beans - With Tuna Mediterranean Style by StarKist carries a composite safety score of 100/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan did not identify any ingredients in this product that FDA SAFFA or CSPI Chemical Cuisine data flags as requiring caution or avoidance at the time of analysis. That is a meaningful clean-label signal, though it does not account for personal allergens, regional recalls, or inspection findings not reflected in federal additive databases. The per-ingredient breakdown below shows the source-level classification for each component.

On the NOVA processing scale, Smart Bowls Pasta & Beans - With Tuna Mediterranean Style is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Smart Bowls Pasta & Beans - With Tuna Mediterranean Style
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 100/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 0 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score Not available OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Cooked Beans And Pasta Blend
2
Water
3
White Beans
4
Garbanzo Beans
5
Organic Pasta
6
Semolina
7
Egg White
8
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
10
Thiamin Mononitrate
11
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
13
Light Tuna
14
Cooked Pearled Farro
15
Organic Farro
16
Carrots
17
Sunflower Oil
18
Vinegar
19
Or Less Of The Following: Tomatoes
20
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
21
Roasted Red Onion
22
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
23
Red Bell Pepper
24
Olives
25
Ferrous Gluconate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Safe GRAS
26
Lemon Juice Solids
27
Spices
28
Spice Extractives
29
Including Paprika
30
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
31
Natural Flavors
32
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
33
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
34
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
35
Inactive Dried Yeast
36
Yeast Extract

Full Ingredient List

COOKED BEANS AND PASTA BLEND ((WATER, WHITE BEANS, GARBANZO BEANS, PASTA [SEMOLINA, WATER, EGG WHITE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, LIGHT TUNA, COOKED PEARLED FARRO (FARRO, WATER), CARROTS, SUNFLOWER OIL, VINEGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: TOMATOES, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, ROASTED RED ONION, GARLIC, RED BELL PEPPER, OLIVES, FERROUS GLUCONATE, LEMON JUICE SOLIDS, SPICES, NATURAL SPICE EXTRACTIVES (INCLUDING PAPRIKA), SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, DEXTROSE, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, INACTIVE YEAST, YEAST EXTRACT

Categories

Meals

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial