Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes
Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes by Kroger has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.4 out of 5, 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Broths / Dehydrated broths / Bouillon cubes
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.4 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
salt, monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed soy protein sugar, yeast extract, sodium bícarbonate, onion powder, contains less than 2% of dehydrated beef 8stock, caramel color, silicon dio xide (anti-caking agent), garlic powder, sunflower oil, natural & artificial flavors, soybean oil, beef fat, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, corn syrup solids, calcium phosphate, red 40
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110837677
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger,City Market
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Frequently asked questions
Is Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.4/5, Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes sits behind 91% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.4/5 average places Beef Artificially flavored Bouillon Cubes 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.