Safe

Cafe Black Bean Salsa

by Bush's Best

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0818135012146 · Bush's Best · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0818135012146 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (32 g)

The verdict

Cafe Black Bean Salsa by Bush's Best scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Tomatillo, Tomatillo And Citric Acid, Black Beans. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

35012146 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cafe Black Bean Salsa label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Silicon Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Cafe bean salad, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …012146 · July 2026

6 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Silicon Dioxide). Source sheet 35012146 · 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: Cafe bean salad, greek garbanzo · Nearest score peer is Cafe bean salad, greek garbanzo 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Cafe Black Bean Salsa: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cafe Black Bean Salsa100/1002. Cafe bean salad, greek garbanzo: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cafe bean salad, greek ga…100/1003. Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies Original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Diced Tomatoes & Green Ch…100/1004. Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies Mild: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Diced Tomatoes & Green Ch…100/1005. Mexican Style Lime & Cilantro Diced Tomatoes With Lime Juice & Cilantro: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mexican Style Lime & Cila…100/100
High-band neighbours for Cafe Black Bean Salsa (100/100) outside Bush's Best.
Chart values as text

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

Cafe Black Bean Salsa
100/100
Cafe bean salad, greek garbanzo
100/100
Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies Original
100/100
Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies Mild
100/100
Mexican Style Lime & Cilantro Diced Tomatoes With Lime Juice & Cilantro
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Cafe Black Bean Salsa scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Cafe Black Bean Salsa lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 32 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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

1
Tomatillo
2
Tomatillo And Citric Acid
3
Black Beans
4
Prepared Black Beans
5
Water
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
8
Firming Agent
9
Tomato
10
Vine-ripened Fresh Tomatoes
11
Tomato Juice
12
Calcium Chloride And Naturally Derived Citric Acid
13
Organic Onions
14
Apple Cider Vinegar
15
Canola Oil
16
Serrano Chile
17
Cilantro
18
Kosher Salt
19
Dried Vinegar
20
Habanero Chile
21
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
22
Brown Sugar
23
Spice
24
Natural Flavor
25
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
26
Anti-caking Agent
27
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
28
Extractive Of Paprika
29
Color
30
Natural Smoke Flavor
31
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
32
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

Full Ingredient List

Tomatillo (tomatillo and citric acid), black beans (prepared black beans, water, salt, calcium chloride [firming agent]), tomato (vine-ripened fresh tomatoes, tomato juice, salt, calcium chloride and naturally derived citric acid), onions, apple cider vinegar, canola oil, serrano chile, cilantro, kosher salt,dehydrated vinegar, habanero chile (maltodextrin, brown sugar, spice, natural flavor, silicon dioxide [anti-caking agent], partially hydrogenated soybean oil, extractive of paprika [color], natural smoke flavor), potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, natural flavor.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Dips Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cafe Black Bean Salsa

Neighbours outside Bush's Best with screening scores in the same high band as Cafe Black Bean Salsa (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bush's Best; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cafe Black Bean Salsa has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Condiments category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0818135012146: 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.