Food · Chef Boyardee
Chef Boyardee Beefaroni
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Okay nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Middle of Pantry. 25 of 34 on our shelves score higher.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. The colour (Tartrazine) is cosmetic, not food. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Middle of Pantry. 25 of 34 on our shelves score higher.
Watch-outs
Artificial colour
Tartrazine
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- An okay nutrition box
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Okay
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
2 additives
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 49/100 · nutrition okay
- Nutrition quality58/100
- Ingredients81/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good. A factory recipe is a treat, not a habit.
What pulled it down
Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
The box is middling. That is fine as a sometimes food. It is not everyday Excellent.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
An okay nutrition box
Sugars are modest. Salt is moderate. Middling — fine sometimes.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Tartrazine
-14Azo dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children. EFSA ADI 7.5 mg/kg.
Monosodium glutamate
-5Flavour enhancer. Safe for most; a subset reports sensitivity.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 420 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 4 gLow Naturally low in sugar. |
| Saturated fat | 1.5 gLow |
| Salt | 1.1 gMedium A moderate amount of salt. |
| Fibre | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Fruit, veg, nuts | 20 % |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Tomatoes, water, enriched pasta, beef, high fructose corn syrup, salt, yellow 5, MSG.
TartrazineE102
−14Linked to restlessness in some children. You don’t need yellow food to be yellow.
Extra care for children
Monosodium glutamateE621
−5Safe for most. A few people report a reaction; most do not.
Wheat flour
No concernContains gluten. Otherwise a staple.
Tomato
No concernA keep. Ketchup adds sugar; passata does not.
Beef
No concernNamed beef beats ‘meat meal’.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
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