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Saffron Road Vegetable Biryani With Basmati Rice: Longevity analysis
Quick answer
Frequent Choice
Saffron Road vegetable biryani with basmati rice received a Longevity Score of 82 out of 100 (frequent choice). Plant-forward with chickpeas, peas, vegetables, and whole spices, but sunflower oil, sodium, and calorie density lower the alignment. Strengths include chickpeas and peas add plant protein and fiber, vegetables and whole-spice base, and simple ingredient list with no artificial colors, while main considerations include sodium around 650 mg per serving, sunflower oil used in sauce and garnish, and basmati rice is refined carbohydrate.
Longevity Score 82/100
What helped the score?
- Chickpeas and peas add plant protein and fiber
- Vegetables and whole-spice base
- Simple ingredient list with no artificial colors
What held the score back?
- Sodium around 650 mg per serving
- Sunflower oil used in sauce and garnish
- Basmati rice is refined carbohydrate
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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details
Product facts
- Product
- Saffron Road Vegetable Biryani With Basmati Rice
- Brand
- Saffron Road
- Category
- Prepared Meals (source: Frozen Dinners & Entrees)
- GTIN / UPC
00850446008715- Serving size
- 283 g (1 package)
- 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
Saffron Road
Vegetable Biryani With Basmati Rice
KarbCoach Recommendation
Frequent Choice
Plant-forward with chickpeas, peas, vegetables, and whole spices, but sunflower oil, sodium, and calorie density lower the alignment.
What Stands Out
High Protein
10g protein
20% DVExcellent Fiber
5.9g fiber
21% DVHigh Sodium
651mg sodium
28% DVReal Chickpeas
Primary protein source
Contains Seed Oils
expeller pressed sunflower oil…
Whole Foods
basmati rice, chickpeas
Limited Additives
Few major additives
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Key Positives
- Chickpeas and peas add plant protein and fiber
- Vegetables and whole-spice base
- Simple ingredient list with no artificial colors
- Cashews and vegetables add whole-food texture
Key Concerns
- Sodium around 650 mg per serving
- Sunflower oil used in sauce and garnish
- Basmati rice is refined carbohydrate
- Calorie-dense for one package
Ingredient Signals
Primary protein
Whole-food ingredients
Processing signals
Seed oils
Ingredients
Ingredient list
BASMATI RICE: BASMATI RICE (WATER, BASMATI RICE), EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL, TURMERIC. VEGETABLE MIX: CHICKPEAS (CHICKPEAS, WATER), GREEN PEAS, CAULIFLOWER, CARROTS. BIRYANI SAUCE: ONIONS, WATER, EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL, TOMATO PUREE, TOMATO PASTE, GINGER, GARLIC, CARROTS, CELERY. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SPICES, SEA SALT, LEMON JUICE, TURMERIC, RED CHILI PEPPER. GARNISH: ROASTED CASHEWS, CARAMELIZED ONIONS (ONIONS, EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL).
Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.
Macronutrients
Calories
461
23% DVTotal Carbs
67g
24% DVProtein
10g
20% DVSaturated Fat
2g
10% DVFiber
5.9g
21% DVNet Carbs
61.1g
22% DVSugar
7g
Total Fat
17g
22% DVSodium
651mg
28% DVUnsaturated Fat
15g
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Nutrition at a Glance
| Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 461 | 23% DV |
| Total Carbs | 67g | 24% DV |
| Protein | 10g | 20% DV |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% DV |
| Fiber | 5.9g | 21% DV |
| Net Carbs | 61.1g | 22% DV |
| Sugar | 7g | — |
| Total Fat | 17g | 22% DV |
| Sodium | 651mg | 28% DV |
| Unsaturated Fat | 15g | — |
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
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher net carbs (61.1g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Heart-Healthy Eating
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher sodium (650.9mg)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
GLP-1 Eating Support
SupportiveMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: High fiber (5.9g)
Low Sugar Lifestyle
SupportiveMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Fiber-related ingredients (Mentions "chickpea". See ingredients for details.)
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: Higher calories per serving (461 kcal)
This product has 2 additional signals 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 (67g)
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 (67g)
Vegetarian
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegetarian, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Plant-food ingredients (Mentions "chickpea", "cauliflower", "carrot". See ingredients for details.)
Vegan
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegan, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Plant-food ingredients (Mentions "chickpea", "cauliflower", "carrot". See ingredients for details.)
Plant-Based
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Plant-Based, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Plant-food ingredients (Mentions "chickpea", "cauliflower", "carrot". 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 (61.1g)
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 (61.1g)
Minimally Processed Eating
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Minimally Processed Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Whole-food signals (basmati rice, chickpeas)
Whole-Food Focused Eating
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Whole-Food Focused Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Whole-food signals (basmati rice, chickpeas)
Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Whole-food signals (basmati rice, chickpeas)
Mediterranean-Style Eating
MixedDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Mediterranean-Style Eating, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher sodium (650.9mg)
This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.
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 "rice", "pea", "chickpea". See ingredients for details.)
Healthy Fat Focus
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Healthy Fat Focus, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Higher unsaturated fat (15g)
Strength & Protein Focus
NeutralAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Pescatarian
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Pescatarian, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Low Gluten Eating
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low Gluten Eating, 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 Saffron Road Vegetable Biryani With Basmati Rice 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?
Saffron Road Vegetable Biryani With Basmati Rice shows about 5.94g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.
Does it contain added sugar?
Saffron Road Vegetable Biryani With Basmati Rice: 6.99g 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: Chickpeas and peas add plant protein and fiber; Vegetables and whole-spice base; Simple ingredient list with no artificial colors.
What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?
Key concerns noted include: Sodium around 650 mg per serving; Sunflower oil used in sauce and garnish; Basmati rice is refined carbohydrate.
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.
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
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.
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