Stuffing mix
by Lowes Foods
Scores 85/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with 1 flagged ingredient identified.
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
- flagged ingredient 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.
43011243 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Stuffing mix label screening desk
Stuffing mix screens 85/100 with 1 flagged of 36 parsed ingredients. 16 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Derived index from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data — not an official FDA rating; see methodology. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Chicken Flavored Stuffing Mix (0 pts).
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
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
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Distribution as text
- 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
- 7 products (3%)
- 30–32
- 22 products (10%)
- 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
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.
Other products containing Turkey Meat
Turkey Meat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 88 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. 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.
More from Lowes Foods
Cross-brand products with similar screening profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Stuffing mix, both outside the Lowes Foods brand so the neighborhoods are not catalog containment (the More-from block above stays brand-local).
Similar safety score
Nearest cross-brand products by ingredient screening score (85/100 here).
Similar ingredient-count peers
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (36 here).
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Product figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.
