Safe

Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 99648435 · Trader Joe's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 99648435

The verdict

Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl by Trader Joe's 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 Cooked Seasoned Rice, Water, Organic Long Grain Rice. 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
99648435
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.

99648435 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-SPARSE 6% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 60% LEAD-RARE Garlic PHOTO-FINISH Marinara · ±0 BOOK-OFF …648435 · July 2026

2 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Garlic). Source sheet 99648435 · 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: Marinara · Nearest score peer is Marinara 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. Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cuban Style Citrus Garlic…100/1002. Marinara: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Marinara100/1003. Puffs Strawberry Apple: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Puffs Strawberry Apple100/1004. All-in-One Protein Smoothie Powder: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. All-in-One Protein Smooth…100/1005. Sardines served in Soybean Oil: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sardines served in Soybea…100/100
High-band neighbours for Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl (100/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl
100/100
Marinara
100/100
Puffs Strawberry Apple
100/100
All-in-One Protein Smoothie Powder
100/100
Sardines served in Soybean Oil
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. Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl 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

Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl 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

COOKED SEASONED RICE (WATER, LONG GRAIN RICE, TURMERIC [FOR SPICE AND COLOR]), COOKED CHICKEN THIGH (BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN THIGH, CANOLA OIL, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, LIME JUICE, ONION, GARLIC, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, GINGER PUREE, SEA SALT, LEMON PEEL, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER), COOKED BLACK BEANS (BLACK BEANS*, WATER), COOKED PLANTAINS (FRIED PLANTAINS [PLANTAINS, PALM OIL], CANOLA OIL), ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER (RED BELL PEPPER, CANOLA OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, LIME JUICE, YELLOW ONION, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, ROASTED RED ONION (RED ONION, CANOLA OIL), GARLIC, GINGER PUREE, CILANTRO, SEA SALT, LEMON PEEL, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER

Categories

Frozen foods Meals Combination Meals Frozen ready-made meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

2 of 31 parsed ingredients on Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

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

Barcode 99648435: 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.