Venus Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Beef and tendon meatballs

Beef and tendon meatballs: 3/5 ingredient safety

Beef and tendon meatballs by Venus has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meats and their products / Meat preparations / Meat balls

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Beef and tendon meatballs, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Beef and tendon meatballs sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Beef, Beef Tendon, Water, Potato Starch, Salt, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Egg White, Sodium Phosphate, White Pepper, Black Pepper, Maltodextrin, Transglutaminase.

Product Details

Brand
Venus
Barcode
0032971204996
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Beef and tendon meatballs's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Beef and tendon meatballs sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3/5 rating on Beef and tendon meatballs?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Beef and tendon meatballs's 3/5 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.