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Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken

by Lowes Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0741643023130 · Lowes Foods · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0741643023130 · Serving size 1 cup (240 g)

The verdict

Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken by Lowes Foods scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 11 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 11-component label led by Chicken Stock, Salt, Natural Flavor; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 11 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.

43023130 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 11 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 73% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Beef Broth · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023130 · July 2026

4 of 11 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 43023130 · 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: Beef Broth · Nearest score peer is Beef Broth 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lowes foods, reduced sodi…95/1002. Beef Broth: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beef Broth95/1003. Hickory Barbecue Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hickory Barbecue Sauce95/1004. Traditional Barbecue Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Traditional Barbecue Sauce95/1005. Original Syrup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Original Syrup95/100
High-band neighbours for Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken (95/100) outside Lowes Foods.
Chart values as text

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

Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken
95/100
Beef Broth
95/100
Hickory Barbecue Sauce
95/100
Traditional Barbecue Sauce
95/100
Original Syrup
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Canned foods products

Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken lists 11 ingredients on its label

11 27th percentile a longer ingredient list than 27% of the 2,784 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 58 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 6–8: 148 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 226 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 301 products (11%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 233 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Above this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Above this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Canned 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

2,784 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 11 (27th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
58 products (2%)
4–6
123 products (4%)
6–8
148 products (5%)
8–10
226 products (8%)
10–12
301 products (11%)
12–14
233 products (8%)
14–16
246 products (9%)
16–18
182 products (7%)
18–20
165 products (6%)
20–22
133 products (5%)
22–24
133 products (5%)
24–26
123 products (4%)
26–28
116 products (4%)
28–30
124 products (4%)
30–32
78 products (3%)
32–34
95 products (3%)
34–36
65 products (2%)
36–38
49 products (2%)
38–40
61 products (2%)
40 and above
123 products (4%)

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 2,784 Canned foods products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Chicken stock, contains less than 1% of: salt, natural flavor (contains maltodextrin), dextrose, celery juice concentrate, carrot juice concentrate, onion juice concentrate, beta carotene (for color), caramel color.

Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken

Neighbours outside Lowes Foods with screening scores in the same high band as Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken (95/100 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

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 11-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Lowes foods, reduced sodium broth, rich chicken'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 0741643023130: 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.