Healthy Food Guide by KarbCoach
Birds Eye Voila! Beef & Broccoli Skillet Meals: Longevity analysis
Quick answer
Occasional Choice
Birds Eye voila! beef & broccoli skillet meals received a Longevity Score of 68 out of 100 (occasional choice). Moderate whole-food base with broccoli and rice, but sodium, sugar, and several additives lower its longevity alignment. Strengths include broccoli provides vegetables and some fiber, moderate protein per serving, and relatively low saturated fat, while main considerations include sodium is high for one serving (about 730 mg), sugar and added sugar from sauce and dextrose, and multiple additives, flavors, and caramel color.
Longevity Score 68/100
What helped the score?
- Broccoli provides vegetables and some fiber
- Moderate protein per serving
- Relatively low saturated fat
What held the score back?
- Sodium is high for one serving (about 730 mg)
- Sugar and added sugar from sauce and dextrose
- Multiple additives, flavors, and caramel color
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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details
Product facts
- Product
- Birds Eye Voila! Beef & Broccoli Skillet Meals
- Brand
- Birds Eye
- Category
- Produce (source: Vegetable Based Products / Meals)
- GTIN / UPC
00014500221223- Serving size
- 213 g (2 cups (213g) frozen, 1 cup cooked)
- 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
Voila! Beef & Broccoli Skillet Meals
KarbCoach Recommendation
Occasional Choice
Moderate whole-food base with broccoli and rice, but sodium, sugar, and several additives lower its longevity alignment.
What Stands Out
High Protein
10g protein
20% DVHigh Sodium
731mg sodium
32% DVArtificial Colors
caramel color
Real Beef
Primary protein source
Added Sweetener
sugar
Contains Seed Oils
sesame seed oil
Good Fiber
3g fiber
11% DVWhole Foods
broccoli, white rice
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Key Positives
- Broccoli provides vegetables and some fiber
- Moderate protein per serving
- Relatively low saturated fat
Key Concerns
- Sodium is high for one serving (about 730 mg)
- Sugar and added sugar from sauce and dextrose
- Multiple additives, flavors, and caramel color
Ingredient Signals
Primary protein
Whole-food ingredients
Processing signals
Additives
Seed oils
Artificial colors
Added sweeteners
Ingredients
Ingredient list
Cooked White Rice (Water, White Rice), Broccoli, Sauce (Water, Soy Sauce [Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt], Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Distilled Vinegar, Sesame Seed Oil, Garlic Powder, Ground Ginger, Spice), Seasoned Cooked Beef With Binder Product (Beef, Beef Stock, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Seared Steak Flavor [Maltodextrin, Natural Flavor, Beef Extract, Chicken Fat, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Beef Tallow, Yeast Extract], Sodium Phosphates, Natural Butter Flavor [Maltodextrin, Butter Flavor {Milk}], Caramel Color, Dextrose, Spice Extractives). CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, SOY, SESAME.
Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.
Macronutrients
Calories
211
11% DVTotal Carbs
34g
12% DVProtein
10g
20% DVSaturated Fat
1.5g
7% DVFiber
3g
11% DVNet Carbs
31g
11% DVSugar
7g
Total Fat
3.5g
4% DVSodium
731mg
32% DVUnsaturated Fat
2g
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Nutrition at a Glance
| Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 211 | 11% DV |
| Total Carbs | 34g | 12% DV |
| Protein | 10g | 20% DV |
| Saturated Fat | 1.5g | 7% DV |
| Fiber | 3g | 11% DV |
| Net Carbs | 31g | 11% DV |
| Sugar | 7g | — |
| Total Fat | 3.5g | 4% DV |
| Sodium | 731mg | 32% DV |
| Unsaturated Fat | 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
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher net carbs (31g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Heart-Healthy Eating
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher sodium (730.6mg)
GLP-1 Eating Support
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Sweetener/sugar ingredients (Mentions "sugar", "dextrose", "maltodextrin". See ingredients for details.)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Low Sugar Lifestyle
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (sugar, dextrose)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Appetite & Portion Awareness
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Sweetener/sugar ingredients (Mentions "sugar", "dextrose", "maltodextrin". See ingredients for details.)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Athletic Fueling
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (34g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Workout Recovery
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Recovery carbs (34g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Strength & Protein Focus
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Protein ingredients (Mentions "chicken", "beef", "steak". See ingredients for details.)
Vegetarian
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegetarian, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Meat/seafood ingredients (Mentions "beef", "chicken", "tallow". See ingredients for details.)
Vegan
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegan, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "beef", "chicken", "tallow". See ingredients for details.)
Plant-Based
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Plant-Based, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "beef", "chicken", "tallow". See ingredients for details.)
Pescatarian
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Pescatarian, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Land-meat ingredients (Mentions "beef", "chicken". See ingredients for details.)
Low-Carb Lifestyle
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher net carbs (31g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Keto-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Keto-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Net carbs above typical keto snack range (31g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Low Gluten Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low Gluten Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Gluten-related ingredients (Mentions "wheat". See ingredients for details.)
Minimally Processed Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Minimally Processed Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (sugar, dextrose)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Whole-Food Focused Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Whole-Food Focused Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (sugar, dextrose)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (sugar, dextrose)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Mediterranean-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Mediterranean-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher sodium (730.6mg)
Paleo-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Paleo-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Grain/legume ingredients (Mentions "wheat", "rice", "corn". See ingredients for details.)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Healthy Fat Focus
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Healthy Fat Focus, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
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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 Voila! Beef & Broccoli Skillet Meals highly processed?
Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly 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 Voila! Beef & Broccoli Skillet Meals shows about 2.98g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.
Does it contain added sugar?
Birds Eye Voila! Beef & Broccoli Skillet Meals: 7.01g total sugar per serving; sweetener signals include sugar, dextrose. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.
What helped the Longevity Score?
Key positives called out in the analysis include: Broccoli provides vegetables and some fiber; Moderate protein per serving; Relatively low saturated fat.
What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?
Key concerns noted include: Sodium is high for one serving (about 730 mg); Sugar and added sugar from sauce and dextrose; Multiple additives, flavors, and caramel color.
Who might evaluate this product differently?
People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same produce differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.
Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis
- Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
- Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
- How the Longevity Score is calculated
- How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
- Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
- Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
- 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
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