Entrees, Sides & Small Meals Food Quality Guide
Food Quality Guide compares entrees, sides & small meals products using Longevity and Food Integrity scores side by side. Longevity reflects nutrition per serving, while Food Integrity reflects ingredients, processing and label transparency. This page summarizes 3 published entrees, sides & small meals products currently analyzed by Food Quality Guide, with links to each individual breakdown.
Category summary
- Entrees, Sides & Small Meals products analyzed
- 3
- Scored on both measures
- 3
- Median Longevity Score
- 78/100
- Median Food Integrity Score
- 73/100
- Scoring 80+ on both
- 1
- Brands represented
- 1
- 3 entrees, sides & small meals products analyzed with both Longevity and Food Integrity scores.
- 1 score at least 80 on both measures.
- Highest Longevity Score in this category: 95/100 (Great Value Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White Bean).
- Highest Food Integrity Score in this category: 83/100 (Great Value Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White Bean).
- Median scores across analyzed entrees, sides & small meals products: Longevity 78/100, Food Integrity 73/100.
- 1 brand represented in this category page.
How the two scores differ
- Longevity Score
- Evaluates nutrition-related characteristics relevant to longer-term eating patterns. Longevity methodology
- Food Integrity Score
- Evaluates ingredient composition, processing and related ingredient-quality considerations. Food Integrity methodology
Food Integrity examines characteristics such as ingredients, processing and additive concerns, while Longevity evaluates nutrition-related characteristics associated with longer-term eating patterns. Because the two analyses answer different questions, a product can perform differently under each.
Top Entrees, Sides & Small Meals Products
Ranked by the weaker of the two scores.
Products in this section perform strongly under both Food Quality Guide scoring lenses; ranking favors the weaker of the two scores so a very high result in one dimension does not conceal a substantially lower result in the other.
- Rank 1
Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White Bean
Solid Choice
- Longevity Score
- 95/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 83/100
Longevity analysis for Great Value Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White BeanFood Integrity analysis for Great Value Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White Bean
- Rank 2
Spanish Style 90 Second Rice, Spanish Style
Enjoy in Moderation
- Longevity Score
- 78/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 73/100
Longevity analysis for Great Value Spanish Style 90 Second Rice, Spanish StyleFood Integrity analysis for Great Value Spanish Style 90 Second Rice, Spanish Style
- Rank 3
Mashed Potatoes, Mashed
Limit When Possible
- Longevity Score
- 40/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 65/100
Longevity analysis for Great Value Mashed Potatoes, MashedFood Integrity analysis for Great Value Mashed Potatoes, Mashed
All analyzed Entrees, Sides & Small Meals products
3 analyzed products, ranked by balanced score (weaker of Longevity and Food Integrity scores).
- Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White BeanLongevity Score 95/100 · Food Integrity Score 83/100Longevity analysis for Great Value Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White Bean · Food Integrity analysis for Great Value Tuscan Style White Bean Slow Cooker Solutions, Tuscan Style White Bean
- Spanish Style 90 Second Rice, Spanish StyleLongevity Score 78/100 · Food Integrity Score 73/100Longevity analysis for Great Value Spanish Style 90 Second Rice, Spanish Style · Food Integrity analysis for Great Value Spanish Style 90 Second Rice, Spanish Style
- Mashed Potatoes, MashedLongevity Score 40/100 · Food Integrity Score 65/100Longevity analysis for Great Value Mashed Potatoes, Mashed · Food Integrity analysis for Great Value Mashed Potatoes, Mashed