Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans
Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans by Old El Paso has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.6 out of 5, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes
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 Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
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Where Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.6 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Enriched pasta (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, salt, tomato*, black beans, sugar, corn*, sea salt (potassium magnesium chloride, salt), chili pepper, onion*, maltodextrin, garlic*, spice, cumin, citric acid, paprika, vegetable oil (canola, soybean and/or sunflower oil), parsley*, molasses*, whey, monoglycerides, natural flavor, coconut oil, yeast extract, lactic acid, color (annatto and turmeric extract), cheddar cheese* (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), corn syrup*, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), calcium lactate, buttermilk, lime juice*, butter (cream, salt), oregano, calcium chloride, blue cheese* (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sodium phosphate, sodium caseinate.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans: 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: 4.6/5.
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Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Old El Paso
- Barcode
- 0016000147553
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans's 4.6/5 average puts it in the safer 81%, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.6/5 rating on Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Old el paso southwest pasta and sauce mix with black beans's 4.6/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe tier.
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