Unilever Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Cajun sides red beans & rice

Cajun sides red beans & rice: 4/5 ingredient safety

Cajun sides red beans & rice by Unilever has 4 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 D.

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

Meals / Rice dishes

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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Cajun sides red beans & rice have 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 Cajun sides red beans & rice 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 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Enriched long grain rice [rice, niacin, ferric orthophosphate (iron), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid], enriched vermicelli [wheat and durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], red beans*, corn starch, maltodextrin (corn, potato), salt, tomato powder, caramel and paprika (for color), red bell peppers*, spices, potassium chloride, garlic powder, yeast extract, soy sauce* (fermented soybeans, wheat, salt), high oleic sunflower oil, natural flavor, sugar, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, torula yeast, sulfites (used to protect quality).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cajun sides red beans & rice: 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
0041000022357
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Cajun sides red beans & rice above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cajun sides red beans & rice's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Cajun sides red beans & rice?

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 4/5 average places Cajun sides red beans & rice 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.