Bush's Best Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Original Baked Beans

Original Baked Beans: 3/5 ingredient safety

Original Baked Beans by Bush's Best has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Legumes and their products / Canned foods / Legumes / Canned plant-based foods / Meals / Prepared vegetables / Baked beans in tomato sauce / Canned legumes / Canned c

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 Original Baked Beans, 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 Original Baked Beans sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
C
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

prepared navy beans, water, brown sugar, cured bacon, salt, mustard (water, vinegar, mustard seed, salt, paprika, turmeric), modified corn starch, onion powder, caramel color, spice, garlic powder, natural flavor

Product Details

Barcode
0039400016113
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
France,Germany,United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Original Baked Beans's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Original Baked Beans sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3/5 rating on Original Baked Beans?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Original Baked Beans's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.