Hearty Beef Stew
Hearty Beef Stew by Blake's has 1 tracked ingredient, 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 A.
- 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
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Hearty Beef Stew, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Hearty Beef Stew 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
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
WATER, STEW BEEF [BEEF**, SEASONINGS (SALT, GARLIC, OREGANO, BLACK PEPPER, TURMERIC), EVAPORATED CANE SYRUP, ONION, SPICES], POTATOES, CARROTS, PEAS, ONIONS, TOMATO PASTE, CORN STARCH, SEA SALT, BEEF BASE (BEEF STOCK, FLAVOR), BACON (NATURAL PORK, WATER, SEA SALT, TURBINADO SUGAR, MAPLE SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE), MUSHROOM BASE (SAUTEED MUSHROOMS, MUSHROOM EXTRACT, SALT, FLAVORING, CANOLA OIL, EVAPORATED CANE SYRUP, POTATO FLOUR, ONION POWDER), EVAPORATED CANE SYRUP, GARLIC, BLACK PEPPER, BAY LEAF, THYME.
Product Details
- Brand
- Blake's
- Barcode
- 0017873705475
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Hearty Beef Stew rank on ingredient safety?
Hearty Beef Stew scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Hearty Beef Stew's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.