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Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes

Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes: 4/5 ingredient safety

Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes by Wyler's has 12 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Condiments / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Broths / Dehydrated broths / Bouillon cubes / Groceries

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 12 of 12 ingredients tracked for Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 12 tracked ingredients
12
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
10
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, sodium bicarbonate, monosodium glutamate, sugar, onion powder, beef fat, hydrolyzed corn protein, dextrose, corn syrup solids, beef stock, garlic powder, beef extract, natural beef flavor, water, soybean oil, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, hydrolyzed torula and brewers yeast protein, corn maltodextrin, caramel color, autolyzed yeast extract, calcium silicate, hydrolyzed wheat gluten protein, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavors, lactic acid, silicon dioxide, calcium lactate (milk), soy lecithin, artificial beef flavor, tricalcium phosphate, propyl gallate, fd,c red #40, butter fat, alpha tocopherol (antioxidant), bha (preservative), citric acid

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Wyler's
Barcode
0041258751177
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
Germany,United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes's safety score compare to other products?

Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes?

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 4/5 average places Wyler's instant bouillon beef cubes 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.