Bouillon Cubes
Bouillon Cubes by Spartan has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.6 out of 5, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.52 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
Bouillon Cubes draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Bouillon Cubes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.6 Top 87% higher than 13% 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, SODIUM BICARBONATE, ONION POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: BEEF STOCK*, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SILICON DIOXIDE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, GARLIC POWDER, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BEEF FAT, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, RED #40.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for 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: 3.6/5.
- Grebe's Bakery, Buttercream Filled Coffee Cake Pk Δ 0.0 pts · Grebe's Bakeries Inc. 3.6/518 additives
- Tastykake, cupcakes, banana pudding Δ 0.0 pts · Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company 3.6/511 additives
- BANQUET Classic Cheesy Patty And Mashed Potatoes, 9 OZ Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
- Homestyle baking, brat buns Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Spartan
- Barcode
- 0011213168067
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bouillon Cubes above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.6/5, Bouillon Cubes sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Bouillon Cubes's 3.6/5 score be read?
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 3.6/5 average places Bouillon Cubes 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.