Mahatma Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings

Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings: 2/5 ingredient safety

Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings by Mahatma has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings has 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 Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings sits nationally

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

2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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

2
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
A
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

ENRICHED RICE (RICE, NIACIN, IRON, THAIMIN, FOLIC ACID), PRE-COOKED BEANS (BLACK BEANS, SUGAR, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SEASONING [SALT, FLAVORS, VINEGAR POWDER, PINTO BEANS, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODI

Product Details

Brand
Mahatma
Barcode
0017400105327
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings's 2/5 average puts it in the lower 100%, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 2/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Black Bean & Long Grain Rice With Seasonings's mapped ingredients average out to 2/5, which is the Caution 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.