Safe

Black Bean & Cheese Tamale

by Padrino foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0899200002095 · Padrino foods · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0899200002095 · Serving size 2.5 ONZ (71 g)

The verdict

Black Bean & Cheese Tamale by Padrino foods scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 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 31-component record, beginning with Black Beans, Masa, Ground Corn Treated With Lime Water. 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 31 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.

00002095 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Black Bean & Cheese Tamale label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-SPARSE 10% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 60% LEAD-RARE Whey Protein Concentrate PHOTO-FINISH Angel Hair · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002095 · July 2026

3 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey Protein Concentrate). Source sheet 00002095 · 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: Angel Hair · Nearest score peer is Angel Hair 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. Black Bean & Cheese Tamale: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Black Bean & Cheese Tamale100/1002. Angel Hair: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Angel Hair100/1003. Spaghetti: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Spaghetti100/1004. Muellers Fettucine: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Muellers Fettucine100/1005. Elbows: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Elbows100/100
High-band neighbours for Black Bean & Cheese Tamale (100/100) outside Padrino foods.
Chart values as text

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

Black Bean & Cheese Tamale
100/100
Angel Hair
100/100
Spaghetti
100/100
Muellers Fettucine
100/100
Elbows
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Black Bean & Cheese Tamale scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Black Bean & Cheese Tamale lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 40th percentile a longer ingredient list than 40% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Above this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 31 (40th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen 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

Black beans, masa (ground corn treated with lime water), water, blue corn flour (ground blue corn treated with lime water), cut corn, green peppers, vegetable oil (canola oil), monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking), cream cheese (pasteurized nonfat milk and milkfat, cheese culture, whey protein concentrate, salt, stabilizers (xanthan and/or carob bean and/or guar gums)), onions, salt, cilantro, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, bicarbonate of soda, cornstarch (from non genetically modified corn)), spices, corn starch and garlic.

Other products containing Ground Corn Treated With Lime Water

Ground Corn Treated With Lime Water is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Black Bean & Cheese Tamale

Neighbours outside Padrino foods with screening scores in the same high band as Black Bean & Cheese Tamale (100/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Padrino foods; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

3 of 31 parsed ingredients on Black Bean & Cheese Tamale match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

  • Review Whey Protein Concentrate as the most distinctive source-covered entry on this label. Inspect ingredients
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0899200002095: 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.