Safe

Beyond Burger

by Beyond Meat

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850004207017 · Beyond Meat · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850004207017 · Serving size 1 burger (113 g)

The verdict

Beyond Burger by Beyond Meat scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 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 36-component record, beginning with Water, Pea Protein, Canola Oil. 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 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850004207017
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

04207017 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beyond Burger label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Calcium Pantothenate PHOTO-FINISH Beyond Beef Plant-Based · ±0 BOOK-OFF …207017 · July 2026

10 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Pantothenate). Source sheet 04207017 · 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: Beyond Beef Plant-Based Ground · Nearest score peer is Beyond Beef Plant-Based Ground 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.

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

1. Beyond Burger: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Beyond Burger100/1002. Beyond Beef Plant-Based Ground: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beyond Beef Plant-Based G…100/1003. BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PLANT-BASED LINKS: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PLANT-B…100/1004. Beyond Meatballs Italian Style Plant-Based Meatballs: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Beyond Meatballs Italian …100/1005. Turmeric elixir wellness shot: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Turmeric elixir wellness …100/100
High-band neighbours for Beyond Burger (100/100) outside Beyond Meat.
Chart values as text

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

Beyond Burger
100/100
Beyond Beef Plant-Based Ground
100/100
BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PLANT-BASED LINKS
100/100
Beyond Meatballs Italian Style Plant-Based Meatballs
100/100
Turmeric elixir wellness shot
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Beyond Burger scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Beyond Burger lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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
Water
2
Pea Protein
3
Canola Oil
4
Natural Flavour
5
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
6
Rice Protein
7
Yeast
8
Cocoa Butter
9
Methylcellulose
10
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
11
Apple Extract
12
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Dried Vinegar
15
Lemon Juice
16
Beet Juice Extract
17
Vegetable Glycerin
18
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
19
Beet Extract
20
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
21
Pomegranate Extract
22
Sunflower Lecithin
23
Vitamins And Minerals
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Vitamin B3
26
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Vitamin B6
28
Thiamin Hydrochloride
29
Vitamin B1
30
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Vitamin B2
32
Cyanocobalamin
33
Vitamin B12
34
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Ferric Orthophosphate
36
Zinc Sulphate

Full Ingredient List

Water, Pea protein, Canola oil, Flavour, Refined coconut oil, Rice protein, Dried yeast, Cocoa butter, Methylcellulose, Potato starch, Apple extract, Potassium chloride, Salt, Vinegar, Concentrated lemon juice, Beet juice extract (vegetable glycerin, water, ascorbic acid, beet extract, maltodextrin), Pomegranate extract, Sunflower lecithin, Vitamins and minerals (niacin [Vitamin B3], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin B6], thiamin hydrochloride [vitamin B1], riboflavin [vitamin B2], cyanocobalamin [vitamin B12], calcium pantothenate, ferric orthophosphate, zinc sulphate)

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Beyond Burger

Neighbours outside Beyond Meat with screening scores in the same high band as Beyond Burger (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Beyond Meat; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Beyond Burger has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 0850004207017: 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.