Caution

Soup! Mix

by Cugino's Gourment Foods Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0758300033128 · Cugino's Gourment Foods Inc. · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0758300033128 · Serving size 0.125 PACKAGE, MAKES ABOUT 1 CUP OF PREPARED SOUP (27 g)

The verdict

Soup! Mix by Cugino's Gourment Foods Inc. scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Chicken Fat, TBHQ; 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 15 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

00033128 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Soup! Mix label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 85% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Italian sweet cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …033128 · July 2026

6 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 00033128 · 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: Italian sweet cream · Nearest score peer is Italian sweet cream 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.

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. Soup! Mix: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Soup! Mix80/1002. Italian sweet cream: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Italian sweet cream80/1003. Peppermint mocha coffee creamer: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Peppermint mocha coffee c…80/1004. Coffee creamer: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Coffee creamer80/1005. Rockin' Protein Energy Caramel Latte: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Rockin' Protein Energy Ca…80/100
High-band neighbours for Soup! Mix (80/100) outside Cugino's Gourment Foods Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Soup! Mix
80/100
Italian sweet cream
80/100
Peppermint mocha coffee creamer
80/100
Coffee creamer
80/100
Rockin' Protein Energy Caramel Latte
80/100

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. Soup! Mix scores 13.6 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Soup! Mix lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 15th percentile a longer ingredient list than 15% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Above this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Above this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Above this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 15 (15th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 15 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

hydrolyzed corn protein, chicken fat (tbhq), yeast extract, sugar, sodium caseinate, mono and diglycerides, carrageenan, spice, turmeric, and sodium bisulfite (preservative). contains less than 2% silicon dioxide (added to help prevent caking) and soybean oil (to help with excess dusting).

Other products containing Added To Help Prevent Caking

Added To Help Prevent Caking is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 14 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Soup! Mix

Neighbours outside Cugino's Gourment Foods Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Soup! Mix (80/100 here). No other Cugino's Gourment Foods Inc. products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Soup! Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Soup! Mix's 2 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 0758300033128: 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.