Red Beans & Rice
Red Beans & Rice by Kroger has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals
How This Score Is Built
Red Beans & Rice draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Red Beans & Rice sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, RED BEANS, SEASONING (ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, RED BELL PEPPER POWDER, SPICE, PAPRIKA POWDER [COLOR], MALTODEXTRIN, SMOKE FLAVOR), RENDERED BACON FAT (BACON CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SMOKE FLAVORING, DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SALT, SODIUM DIACETATE, FLAVORING, HONEY), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, PALM OIL, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, SMOKE FLAVORING, CARAMEL COLOR, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, GARLIC PUREE, DEHYDRATED GREEN BELL PEPPERS, DEHYDRATED ONION, SOY LECITHIN, IRON (FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE), NIACIN, THIAMIN (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), FOLIC ACID
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Red Beans & Rice: 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: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110837639
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Red Beans & Rice rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.7/5, Red Beans & Rice sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.7/5 ingredient safety score mean?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.7/5 average places Red Beans & Rice 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.