Caution

Stuffing mix

by Lowes Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0741643011243 · Lowes Foods · Stuffing. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0741643011243 · Serving size 0.167 PACKAGE, MAKES ABOUT 1/2 CUP PREPARED (28 g)

The verdict

Stuffing mix by Lowes Foods scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 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 36-component record, beginning with Bread Crumbs, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

43011243 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Stuffing mix label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 34% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Chicken Flavored Stuffing · ±0 BOOK-OFF …011243 · July 2026

16 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 43011243 · 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: Chicken Flavored Stuffing Mix · Nearest score peer is Chicken Flavored Stuffing Mix 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Stuffing mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Stuffing mix85/1002. Chicken Flavored Stuffing Mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken Flavored Stuffing…85/1003. Premium Ice Cream: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium Ice Cream85/1004. Honey Turkey Breast: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Honey Turkey Breast85/1005. The Franktacular Natural-Casing Smoked Wieners: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. The Franktacular Natural-…85/100
High-band neighbours for Stuffing mix (85/100) outside Lowes Foods.
Chart values as text

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

Stuffing mix
85/100
Chicken Flavored Stuffing Mix
85/100
Premium Ice Cream
85/100
Honey Turkey Breast
85/100
The Franktacular Natural-Casing Smoked Wieners
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 239 products we've scored in the Stuffing category, the average safety score is 97.6/100. Stuffing mix scores 12.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 97.6/100), 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 Stuffing products

Stuffing mix lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 66th percentile a longer ingredient list than 66% of the 227 products we track

6–8: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 3 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3 products (1%). Below this entry. 12–14: 7 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 16–18: 8 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 12 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 13 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 14 products (6%). Below this entry. 26–28: 7 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 8 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 21 products (9%). Below this entry. 32–34: 18 products (8%). Below this entry. 34–36: 18 products (8%). Below this entry. 36–38: 11 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 26 products (11%). Above this entry. 40–42: 40 products (18%). Above this entry. This product 6 42 every published Stuffing 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

227 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (66th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

6–8
2 products (1%)
8–10
3 products (1%)
10–12
3 products (1%)
12–14
7 products (3%)
14–16
2 products (1%)
16–18
8 products (4%)
18–20
12 products (5%)
20–22
14 products (6%)
22–24
13 products (6%)
24–26
14 products (6%)
26–28
7 products (3%)
28–30
8 products (4%)
30–32
21 products (9%)
32–34
18 products (8%)
34–36
18 products (8%)
36–38
11 products (5%)
38–40
26 products (11%)
40 and above
40 products (18%)

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 227 Stuffing 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 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Bread Crumbs
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Yeast
13
Preservative
14
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
15
BHT
Caution GRAS
16
Color
17
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
18
Natural Flavor
19
Onion
20
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
21
Celery
22
Hydrolyzed Corn And Soy Protein
23
Spice
24
Soy Flour
25
Corn Starch
26
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
27
Turmeric
28
Chicken Fat
29
Msg
30
Turkey Broth
31
Turkey Meat
32
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
33
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
34
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
35
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
36
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved

Full Ingredient List

Bread crumbs (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, yeast, preservative [calcium propionate, bht], color [caramel], natural flavor), dehydrated onion, maltodextrin, salt, dehydrated celery, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, spice, sugar, soy flour, corn starch, autolyzed yeast extract, color (caramel, turmeric), chicken fat, monosodium glutamate, dehydrated turkey broth, natural flavor, dehydrated turkey meat, calcium lactate, citric acid, dehydrated garlic, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.

Categories

Stuffing

High-score cross-brand comparables for Stuffing mix

Neighbours outside Lowes Foods with screening scores in the same high band as Stuffing mix (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lowes Foods; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Stuffing mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Stuffing 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 0741643011243: 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.