Meatball & Rice Soup
Meatball & Rice Soup by Progresso has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Soups
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. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for Meatball & Rice Soup 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 Meatball & Rice Soup sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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, Cooked Meatballs (Pork, Beef, Onion, Cooked White Rice, Dried Egg, Bread Crumbs [Bleached Wheat Flour, Yeast, Sugar, Salt], Water, Seasoning [Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Spice, Corn Syrup, Dried Parsley,Rosemary Extract, Potato Maltodextrin], Salt), Beef Broth, Tomatoes, Rice, Carrots, Tomato Paste, Corn, Onions, Green Sweet Peppers, Corn Protein (Hydrolyzed). Contains Less Than 1% Of: Modified Food Starch, Salt, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Potassium Chloride, Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Spice, Garlic Powder, Natural Flavor, Caramel Color, Beef Fat, Beef Extract, Toasted Onion Powder, Calcium Chloride, Onion Powder, Citric Acid, Paprika, Xanthan Gum, Dried Chicken, Chicken Broth, Paprika Extract (Color), Chicken Fat, Natural Smoke Flavor.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Meatball & Rice Soup: 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: 4.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Progresso
- Barcode
- 0041196476040
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States,World
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Meatball & Rice Soup rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Meatball & Rice Soup's 4.4/5 average puts it in the safer 69%, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.4/5 rating on Meatball & Rice Soup?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Meatball & Rice Soup's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, which is 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.