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Birds Eye Skillets Garlic Butter Green Beans, Frozen Vegetable: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Birds Eye

Quick answer

Frequent Choice

Birds Eye skillets garlic butter green beans, frozen vegetable received a Longevity Score of 84 out of 100 (frequent choice). Vegetable-based side with fiber and whole green beans; butter, canola oil, and sodium pull the score down. Strengths include green beans are the first ingredient, good fiber per serving, and olive oil and garlic add whole-food flavor, while main considerations include butter and canola oil add saturated fat, added sodium, though label value is low, and multiple minor additives and thickeners.

Longevity Score 84/100

What helped the score?

  • Green beans are the first ingredient
  • Good fiber per serving
  • Olive oil and garlic add whole-food flavor

What held the score back?

  • Butter and canola oil add saturated fat
  • Contains added sodium, though label value is low
  • Contains multiple minor additives and thickeners

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Birds Eye Skillets Garlic Butter Green Beans, Frozen Vegetable
Category
Prepared Meals (source: Vegetables - Prepared/Processed)
GTIN / UPC
00014500003010
Serving size
360 g
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Birds Eye

Skillets Garlic Butter Green Beans, Frozen Vegetable

Frequent Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Frequent Choice

Vegetable-based side with fiber and whole green beans; butter, canola oil, and sodium pull the score down.

What Stands Out

Excellent Fiber

10.8g fiber

39% DV

High Sat. Fat

7.2g saturated fat

36% DV

Contains Seed Oils

Canola oil

Good Protein

7.2g protein

14% DV

Whole Foods

Green beans, Garlic

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Green beans are the first ingredient
  • Good fiber per serving
  • Olive oil and garlic add whole-food flavor

Key Concerns

  • Butter and canola oil add saturated fat
  • Contains added sodium, though label value is low
  • Contains multiple minor additives and thickeners

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Green beansGarlicOnionsOlive oil

Processing signals

Frozen, pre-seasoned vegetable sideContains corn starch and carob bean gum

Additives

Carob bean gumCorn starchDistilled vinegar

Seed oils

Canola oil

Ingredients

Ingredient list

Green Beans, Water, Butter ( Cream, Salt), Contains less than 2% of: Onions, Canola Oil, Salt, Corn Starch, Chardonnay Wine, Garlic, Distilled Vinegar, Garlic Powder, Ground Black Pepper, Olive Oil, Carob Bean Gum. CONTAINS: MILK.

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

252

13% DV

Total Carbs

25.2g

9% DV

Protein

7.2g

14% DV

Saturated Fat

7.2g

36% DV

Fiber

10.8g

39% DV

Net Carbs

14.4g

5% DV

Sugar

3.6g

Total Fat

14.4g

18% DV

Sodium

1mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

7.2g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories25213% DV
Total Carbs25.2g9% DV
Protein7.2g14% DV
Saturated Fat7.2g36% DV
Fiber10.8g39% DV
Net Carbs14.4g5% DV
Sugar3.6g—
Total Fat14.4g18% DV
Sodium1mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat7.2g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: High fiber (10.8g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher saturated fat (7.2g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: High fiber (10.8g)

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: High fiber (10.8g)

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (25.2g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Workout Recovery

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Recovery carbs (25.2g)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Birds Eye Skillets Garlic Butter Green Beans, Frozen Vegetable highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Lightly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Birds Eye Skillets Garlic Butter Green Beans, Frozen Vegetable shows about 10.8g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Birds Eye Skillets Garlic Butter Green Beans, Frozen Vegetable: 3.6g total sugar per serving. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Green beans are the first ingredient; Good fiber per serving; Olive oil and garlic add whole-food flavor.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Butter and canola oil add saturated fat; Contains added sodium, though label value is low; Contains multiple minor additives and thickeners.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same prepared meals differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Prepared Meals, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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