Safe

Organic Beef Broth

by Lidl

Open Food Facts label for barcode 20740597 · Lidl · Broths. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 20740597 · Serving size 240mL

The verdict

Organic Beef Broth by Lidl scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Dried Beef Stock, Sea salt, Natural Beef Flavor; 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 7 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

20740597 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Organic Beef Broth label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 93% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH BBQ Sauce old · ±0 BOOK-OFF …740597 · July 2026

3 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 20740597 · 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: BBQ Sauce old No. 7 · Nearest score peer is BBQ Sauce old No. 7 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Organic Beef Broth: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Organic Beef Broth95/1002. BBQ Sauce old No. 7: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. BBQ Sauce old No. 795/1003. Instant Boba kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Instant Boba kit95/1004. Peaches and Cream Pastry (1): 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Peaches and Cream Pastry …95/1005. Aceto Balsamico di Modena I.G.P: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Aceto Balsamico di Modena…95/100
High-band neighbours for Organic Beef Broth (95/100) outside Lidl.
Chart values as text

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

Organic Beef Broth
95/100
BBQ Sauce old No. 7
95/100
Instant Boba kit
95/100
Peaches and Cream Pastry (1)
95/100
Aceto Balsamico di Modena I.G.P
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 309 products we've scored in the Broths category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Organic Beef Broth scores 2.7 points below that category average (95/100 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 Broths products

Organic Beef Broth lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 7th percentile a longer ingredient list than 7% of the 92 products we track

2–4: 3 products (3%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (3%). Below this entry. 6–8: 8 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 14 products (15%). Above this entry. 10–12: 14 products (15%). Above this entry. 12–14: 16 products (17%). Above this entry. 14–16: 14 products (15%). Above this entry. 16–18: 7 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 4 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 2 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 2 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 2 38 every published Broths 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

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

2–4
3 products (3%)
4–6
3 products (3%)
6–8
8 products (9%)
8–10
14 products (15%)
10–12
14 products (15%)
12–14
16 products (17%)
14–16
14 products (15%)
16–18
7 products (8%)
18–20
4 products (4%)
22–24
2 products (2%)
24–26
2 products (2%)
26–28
2 products (2%)
28–30
1 products (1%)
32–34
1 products (1%)
36 and above
1 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 92 Broths 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 7 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

ORGANIC BEEF STOCK, SEA SALT, ORGANIC BEEF FLAVOR, ORGANIC CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, ORGANIC BEEF FAT, ORGANIC CARAMEL COLOR, TOCOPHEROLS

Categories

Broths Beef broth

High-score cross-brand comparables for Organic Beef Broth

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Organic Beef Broth's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Organic Beef Broth'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 20740597: 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.