Baked Beans
Baked Beans by Bush's has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Baked Beans draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Baked Beans sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
prepared navy beans, water, soluble corn fiber contains 2% or less of: salt, mustard (water, vinegar, mustard beo, back paprika, turmeric), modified corn starch, onion powder, yeast extract, caramel color. natural flavors. spices metal can halose, garlic powder. vegetarian gluten free bush brothers & company p.o. box 52330 depl knoxville, tn 37950 2130 usa www.bushbeans.com 1-800 500 17 please refer to the code on end of can
Product Details
- Brand
- Bush's
- Barcode
- 0039400229902
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Baked Beans rank on ingredient safety?
Baked Beans scores 3.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Baked Beans's 3.5/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Baked Beans's 3.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.