Chi-Chi's Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa

Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa: 4/5 ingredient safety

Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa by Chi-Chi's 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 4

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How This Score Is Built

Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa 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 Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa 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
1
Low Risk / Safe
B
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

TOMATOES, WATER, CONCENTRATED CRUSHED TOMATOES, JALAPENO PEPPERS (CONTAINS VINEGAR), ONIONS, BLACK BEANS, CORN, CARROTS, SALT, VINEGAR, CITRIC ACID, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR.

Product Details

Barcode
0037600455138
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

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 Fiesta Garden Style Black Bean & Corn Salsa 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.