Goya NOVA 4

Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef

Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef: 3/5 ingredient safety

Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef by Goya has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below 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 Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef, 2 of its 2 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 Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef 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 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, sugar, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, dehydrated onion, beef fat, silica (anticaking agent), spices caramel color, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, annato color.

Product Details

Brand
Goya
Barcode
0004133103242
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3/5 rating on Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Powdered beef flavored bouillon, beef's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is 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.