Safe

Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup

by Snapdragon

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0815055010856 · Snapdragon · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0815055010856 · Serving size 87g

The verdict

Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup by Snapdragon scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 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 31-component record, beginning with Rice, Tapioca Starch, Sugar. 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 31 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0815055010856
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

55010856 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 46% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Vegetable Vietnamese Pho · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010856 · July 2026

12 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 55010856 · 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: Vegetable Vietnamese Pho · Nearest score peer is Vegetable Vietnamese Pho 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vietnamese Beef Flavored …95/1002. Vegetable Vietnamese Pho: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vegetable Vietnamese Pho95/1003. Similac 360 Total Care: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Similac 360 Total Care95/1004. Signature chicken caesar wrap: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Signature chicken caesar …95/1005. House of tsang, tokyo grill sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. House of tsang, tokyo gri…95/100
High-band neighbours for Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup (95/100) outside Snapdragon.
Chart values as text

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

Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup
95/100
Vegetable Vietnamese Pho
95/100
Similac 360 Total Care
95/100
Signature chicken caesar wrap
95/100
House of tsang, tokyo grill sauce
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. Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup 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 Meals products

Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 54th percentile a longer ingredient list than 54% 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%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 31 (54th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Rice
2
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Onion
6
Soybean Oil
7
Shallot
8
Water
9
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
10
Msg
11
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
12
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
13
Spices
14
Artificial Flavorings
15
Organic Ginger
16
Chili Powder
17
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
18
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
19
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
20
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Paprika Oleoresin
22
Basil Flavor
23
Chili
24
Tomato Paste
25
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
26
Corn Starch
27
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
28
Carrot
29
Cabbage
30
Green Onion
31
Coriander

Full Ingredient List

RICE NOODLES: RICE, TAPIOCA STARCH, SUGAR, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM. PHO SOUP PASTE: ONION, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, SHALLOT, SUGAR, WATER, GARLIC, MSG, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SPICES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORINGS, GINGER, CHILI POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN, BASIL FLAVOR, LONG CORIANDER FLAVOR. SRIRACHA SAUCE: WATER, CHILI, SUGAR, CHILI POWDER, GARLIC, SALT, TOMATO PASTE, ACETIC ACID, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, XANTHAN GUM. AROMATIC POUCH: SPICES. VEGETABLES: CARROT, CABBAGE, GREEN ONION, SHALLOT, CORIANDER.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Vietnamese Beef Flavored Noodle Soup'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 0815055010856: 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.