Roundy's NOVA 4

Cube Bouillon, Chicken

Cube Bouillon, Chicken: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

Cube Bouillon, Chicken by Roundy's has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Broths / Dehydrated broths / Bouillon cubes / Groceries

How This Score Is Built

Cube Bouillon, Chicken 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). 2 of its 2 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 Cube Bouillon, Chicken sits nationally

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

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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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

Salt, flavor (hydrolyzed corn protein, salt), sugar, monosodium glutamate, contains 2% or less of chicken fat, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, dehydrated cooked chicken, (contains natural flavor), silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), turmeric, onion powder, spice, garlic powder.

Product Details

Barcode
0011150102285
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Cube Bouillon, Chicken rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.5/5, Cube Bouillon, Chicken sits behind 91% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on Cube Bouillon, Chicken?

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 3.5/5 average places Cube Bouillon, Chicken in the Mixed Evidence 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.