Safe

Brown gravy mix

by Gordon Choice

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0093901242457 · Gordon Choice · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0093901242457 · Serving size 1/4 Cup

The verdict

Brown gravy mix by Gordon Choice scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 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 66-component record, beginning with Modified Food Starch, Maltodextrin, Salt. 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 66 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0093901242457
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

01242457 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Brown gravy mix label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-SPARSE 14% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Gayle's, Barbecue Sauce, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …242457 · July 2026

9 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 01242457 · 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: Gayle's, Barbecue Sauce, Apple Cider Smoke · Nearest score peer is Gayle's, Barbecue Sauce, Apple Cider Smoke 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Brown gravy mix: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Brown gravy mix95/1002. Gayle's, Barbecue Sauce, Apple Cider Smoke: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gayle's, Barbecue Sauce, …95/1003. Boost: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Boost95/1004. Boost Nutritional Drink: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Boost Nutritional Drink95/1005. Kid Essentials: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kid Essentials95/100
High-band neighbours for Brown gravy mix (95/100) outside Gordon Choice.
Chart values as text

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

Brown gravy mix
95/100
Gayle's, Barbecue Sauce, Apple Cider Smoke
95/100
Boost
95/100
Boost Nutritional Drink
95/100
Kid Essentials
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Brown gravy mix scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Brown gravy mix lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 66 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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 66 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Modified Food Starch
2
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
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
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
5
Bee Flavors
6
Beef Extract
7
Dried Beef Stock
8
Hydrolyzed Corn
9
Soy And Wheat Proteins
10
Corn Syrup Solids
11
Natural Flavors
12
Autolyzzed Yeast Extraci Thiamine Hydrochloride
13
Canola Oil
14
Wheat Flour
15
Palm Oil
16
Beef Fat
17
Onon Powder
18
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
19
Yeast Extract
20
Coffee Garlic Powder
21
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
22
Tomato Powder
23
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
24
Disodim Inosinate
25
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
26
Natural Flavor
27
Dipotassium Phosphate Extractive Of Paprika
28
Mono & Diglycerides
29
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
30
Anti-caking Agent
31
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
32
Soy
33
Wheat
34
Aimidón De Alimentos Modificado
35
Maltodextrina
36
Sal Dextrosa
37
Saporesa Carne De Res
38
Extracto De Carne De Res
39
Esencia De Carne De Res
40
Maíz Hidrolizado
41
Proteínas De Sova Y Trigo
42
Sólidos De Jarabe De Maiz
43
Sabore Naturales
44
Extracto De Levadura Autolizada Hidrocloruro De Tamina
45
Aceite De Canc A
46
Harina De Trigo
47
Aceite De Palma
48
Grasa De Carne De Res
49
Cebolla En Olvo
50
Contiene 2% O Menos De Color Caranelo
51
Extracto De Levadura
52
Cae Ajo En Polvo
53
Caseinato De Sodio
54
Tomate En Polvo
55
Acido Citrico
56
Incsinato Disopico
57
Guaniato Disódico
58
Sabor Natural
59
Fosfato Dipotásico
60
Exiracto De Paprika
61
Mono Y Digliceridos
62
Dióxido De Silicio
63
Agente Antiapelmazante
64
Soya
65
Trigo
66
Leche

Full Ingredient List

MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DEXTROSE, BEE FLAVORS (BEEF EXTRACT, BEEF STOCK, HYDROLYZED CORN, SOY AND WHEAT PROTEINS, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVORS, AUTOLYZZED YEAST EXTRACI THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, CANOLA OIL), WHEAT FLOUR, PALM OIL, BEEF FAT, ONON POWDER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CARAMEL COLOR, YEAST EXTRACT, COFFEE GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM CASEINATE, TOMATO POWDER, CITRIC ACID, DISODIM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE. CONTAINS: SOY, WHEAT, MILK. INGREDIENTES: AIMIDÓN DE ALIMENTOS MODIFICADO, MALTODEXTRINA, SAL DEXTROSA, SAPORESA CARNE DE RES (EXTRACTO DE CARNE DE RES, ESENCIA DE CARNE DE RES, MAÍZ HIDROLIZADO, PROTEÍNAS DE SOVA Y TRIGO, SÓLIDOS DE JARABE DE MAIZ, SABORE NATURALES, EXTRACTO DE LEVADURA AUTOLIZADA HIDROCLORURO DE TAMINA, ACEITE DE CANC A), HARINA DE TRIGO, ACEITE DE PALMA, GRASA DE CARNE DE RES, CEBOLLA EN OLVO, CONTIENE 2% O MENOS DE COLOR CARANELO, EXTRACTO DE LEVADURA, CAE AJO EN POLVO, CASEINATO DE SODIO, TOMATE EN POLVO, ACIDO CITRICO, INCSINATO DISOPICO, GUANIATO DISÓDICO, SABOR NATURAL, FOSFATO DIPOTÁSICO, EXIRACTO DE PAPRIKA, MONO Y DIGLICERIDOS, DIÓXIDO DE SILICIO (AGENTE ANTIAPELMAZANTE), HEXAMETAFOSFAIO DE SODIO. CONTIENE: SOYA, TRIGO, LECHE.

Categories

Condiments Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Sauces Dehydrated sauces Gravy Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Brown gravy mix

Neighbours outside Gordon Choice with screening scores in the same high band as Brown gravy mix (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gordon Choice; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Brown gravy mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 66-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Brown gravy mix'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 0093901242457: 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.