New England Clam Chowder
New England Clam Chowder by Progresso has 3 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 C.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Canned foods / Meals / Soups / Canned meals / Canned soups / Clam-chowder / New-england-clam-chowder
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 New England Clam Chowder, 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients carry 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 New England Clam Chowder 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
Clam broth, dried potatoes, clams, celery, modified food starch, water. contains less than 2% of: onions, soybean oil, natural flavor, artificial color, salt, potassium chloride, soy protein concentrate, butter, sodium phosphate, whey protein concentrate, dried parsley, yeast extract, spice.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for New England Clam Chowder: 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Progresso
- Barcode
- 0041196452815
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Walmart
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Frequently asked questions
How does New England Clam Chowder's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, New England Clam Chowder'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?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; New England Clam Chowder'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.