Kashi Nutri-Score B NOVA 3

Black Bean Mango

Black Bean Mango: 4/5 ingredient safety

Black Bean Mango by Kashi has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 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 3

Frozen foods

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 Black Bean Mango, 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 Black Bean Mango sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

Cooked Kashi Pilaf (Water, Whole: Oats, Long Grain Brown Rice, Rye, Hard Red Winter Wheat, Triticale, Buckwheat, Barley, Sesame Seeds), Black Beans (Prepared Black Beans, Water, Salt), Water, Carrots, Red Bell Peppers, Roasted Red Onions, Roasted Green Bell Peppers, Mangos, Canola Oil, Rice Starch, Evaporated Cane Juice, Apple Juice Concentrate (Concentrated Apple Juice, Water, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C]), Jalapeno Peppers, Mango Juice Concentrate, Mango Puree, Cilantro, Ginger Puree (Ginger, Water, Salt, Citric Acid), Garlic (Garlic, Water), Salt, Lime Juice Concentrate.

Product Details

Brand
Kashi
Barcode
0018627292968
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Black Bean Mango rank on ingredient safety?

Black Bean Mango scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Black Bean Mango?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Black Bean Mango's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.