Progresso Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Beef & Vegetable Soup

Beef & Vegetable Soup: 4.2/5 ingredient safety

Beef & Vegetable Soup by Progresso has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Canned foods / Meals / Soups / Canned meals / Canned soups

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 & Vegetable Soup, 5 of its 5 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 & Vegetable Soup sits nationally

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

4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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

4.2
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.2 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score

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 broth, water, cooked diced seasoned beef and modified food starch product (beef, beef broth, hydrolyzed soy protein, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphates, natural flavor, maltodextrin), potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, green beans, modified food starch. contains less than 2% of: sugar, corn protein (hydrolyzed), onion, salt, soybean oil, potassium chloride, vegetable juice concentrates (carrot, celeriac, red beet, lettuce, spinach, citric acid, natural flavor), yeast extract, garlic powder, flavoring, tomato extract, onion powder, caramel color, dried parsley, spice, beef fat, beef extract, calcium chloride, citric acid, natural flavor.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Beef & Vegetable Soup: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0041196910759
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

How does Beef & Vegetable Soup's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Beef & Vegetable Soup's 4.2/5 average puts it in the safer 60%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.2/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Beef & Vegetable Soup's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, which is the Low Risk 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.