Marie Callender's Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Savory Swedish Meatballs Bowl

Meals / Meals with meat / Frozen meals with meat

Product Insight: Savory Swedish Meatballs Bowl

Savory Swedish Meatballs Bowl by Marie Callender's is tracked in PlainIngredients with 2 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.5 out of 5 — a Mixed-Evidence tier where the regulatory picture is still evolving. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is C, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 1 ingredient sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.

Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.

Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
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

sauce (water, sour cream [milk, cream, whey, modified food starch, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, calcium sulfate, locust bean gum, sodium citrate, culture natamycin"), modified corn starch, onions, contains 2% or less of: beef flavor (cooked beef, yeast extract, beef tallow, beef extract, flavoring. salt, sugar, vegetable juice concentrates (onion, carrot, celery). lactic acid], soybean oil, butter (cream, salt), burgundy wine, nonfat dry milk, rochester sauce [distilled vinegar, corn syrup, water, salt, garlic powder, spices, tamarino, natural flavor), sugar, canola oil, garlic, spice, xanthan gum, guar gum, salt), cooked enriched pasta (water, enriched wheat flour (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiámine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], dried whole eggs, soybean oil), cooked swedish meatballs (beef and pork, water, bread crumb (unbleached wheat flour. sugar, salt, yeast), onions, textured soy protein concentrate [soy protein concentrate, is

Data Sources

  • Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
  • FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
  • EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008

Product Details

Barcode
0021131000288
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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