SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS
SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS by Lean Cuisine has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.
- Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS 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). 5 of its 5 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 SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Cooked enriched long grain rice (water, rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), water, skim milk, onions, corn, black beans, roasted red pepper puree, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto color), 2% or less of buttermilk powder, green chille peppers, poblano chiles,pinto beans (pinto beans, water, calcium chloride, disodium edta [to preserve color]), modified food starch, dried sour cream (sour cream [cultured cream, nonfat milk]), cilantro, lime juice concentrate, garlic, salt, cultured whey (cultured whey, maltodextrin), jalapeno peppers, spices, sugar, potassium chloride, maltodextrin, medium chain triglycerides, acetic acid, citric acid, flavors, calcium chloride.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & 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: 4.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Lean Cuisine
- Barcode
- 0013800172198
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS's 4.4/5 average puts it in the safer 69%, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.4/5 rating on SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS?
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 4.4/5 average places SANTA FE-STYLE RICE & BEANS 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.