BLACK BEANS
BLACK BEANS by Kroger has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 1
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Legumes and their products / Legumes / Seeds / Legume seeds / Pulses / Common beans / Black beans / Canned black beans
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 BEANS 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 BEANS sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Unprocessed or minimally processed foods are whole foods that have been altered only by removal of inedible parts, drying, crushing, filtering, or pasteurization.
Full Ingredients List
PREPARED BLACK BEANS, WATER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE (ADDED TO PROMOTE FIRMNESS).
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110121158
- NOVA Group
- 1 — Unprocessed or minimally processed
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
Find Products
Frequently asked questions
Is BLACK BEANS above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, BLACK BEANS sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 5/5 rating on BLACK BEANS?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. BLACK BEANS's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.