Safe

Beef taco bowl

by Nutrisystem

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0632674401014 · Nutrisystem · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0632674401014 · Serving size 266g

The verdict

Beef taco bowl by Nutrisystem scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 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 60-component record, beginning with Riced Cauliflower, Fully Cooked Grilled Seasoned Beef Strips, Beef. 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 60 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

74401014 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beef taco bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate protein shake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …401014 · July 2026

10 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 74401014 · 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: Chocolate protein shake · Nearest score peer is Chocolate protein shake 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Beef taco bowl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Beef taco bowl95/1002. Chocolate protein shake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate protein shake95/1003. Ducktrap, Pastrami Style Smoked Atlantic Salmon: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ducktrap, Pastrami Style …95/1004. Ice Cream Mix: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream Mix95/1005. Dolcezza, lemon ricotta cardamom: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Dolcezza, lemon ricotta c…95/100
High-band neighbours for Beef taco bowl (95/100) outside Nutrisystem.
Chart values as text

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

Beef taco bowl
95/100
Chocolate protein shake
95/100
Ducktrap, Pastrami Style Smoked Atlantic Salmon
95/100
Ice Cream Mix
95/100
Dolcezza, lemon ricotta cardamom
95/100

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. Beef taco bowl scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Beef taco bowl lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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: 60 (89th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 60 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Riced Cauliflower
2
Fully Cooked Grilled Seasoned Beef Strips
3
Beef
4
Water
5
Seasoning
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Spices
8
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
9
Onion
10
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
11
Paprika
12
Lemon Oil
13
Modified Food Starch
14
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
15
Sodium Phosphate
16
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
17
Cooked Black Beans
18
Corn
19
Red Peppers
20
Green Peppers
21
Organic Onions
22
Fire Roasted Tomatoes
23
Tomatoes
24
Tomato Juice
25
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
26
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
27
Canola Oil
28
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
29
Wheat
30
Soybeans
31
Alcohol
32
Dried Vinegar
33
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
34
Faba Bean Protein
35
Chicken Base
36
Roasted Chicken
37
Chicken Fat
38
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
39
Yeast Extract
40
Chicken Broth
41
Fermented Soybeans
42
Corn Starch
43
Palm Oil
44
Corn Syrup Solids
45
Corn Starch
46
Natural Flavor
47
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
48
Onion Powder
49
Soybean Oil
50
Turmeric
51
Cilantro
52
Cumin
53
Red Pepper
54
Apple Cider Vinegar
55
Granulated Garlic
56
Organic Unsulfured Molasses
57
Garlic Puree
58
Lime Juice Concentrate
59
Chili Pepper
60
Chipotle Morita Powder

Full Ingredient List

Riced cauliflower, fully cooked grilled seasoned beef strips (beef, water, seasoning [salt, spices, maltodextrin, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, paprika, lemon oil], modified food starch, dextrose, sodium phosphate, carrageenan), cooked black beans, corn, water, red peppers, green peppers, onions, fire roasted tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), canola oil, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar, lactic acid), faba bean protein, chicken base (roasted chicken, chicken fat, salt, sugar, yeast extract, chicken broth, maltodextrin, soy sauce [fermented soybeans, salt], corn starch, palm oil, corn syrup solids, modified corn starch, natural flavor [contains torula yeast], onion powder, soybean oil, citric acid, turmeric), sugar, corn starch, spices (cilantro, cumin, red pepper), apple cider vinegar, granulated garlic, unsulfured molasses, garlic puree, lime juice concentrate, paprika, salt, chili pepper, chipotle morita powder.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Beef taco bowl

Neighbours outside Nutrisystem with screening scores in the same high band as Beef taco bowl (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nutrisystem; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Beef taco bowl's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 60-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Beef taco bowl'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 0632674401014: 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.