Safe

Organic Pearled Barley

by Unfi

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00038591 · Unfi · Null. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00038591 · Serving size 50g

The verdict

Organic Pearled Barley by Unfi scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 1 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Pearled Barley, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 1 analyzed
00038591
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

100/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

N/A

NOVA food-processing classification

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00038591 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Organic Pearled Barley label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 1 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-UNK NOVA n/a NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 100% PHOTO-FINISH Organic Raw Buckwheat · ±0 BOOK-OFF …038591 · July 2026

None of the 1 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 00038591 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Organic Raw Buckwheat Groats · Nearest score peer is Organic Raw Buckwheat Groats at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Organic Pearled Barley: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Organic Pearled Barley100/1002. Organic Raw Buckwheat Groats: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Raw Buckwheat Gro…100/1003. Organic Hulless Barley: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Hulless Barley100/1004. Premium Chunk White Chicken In Broth: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Premium Chunk White Chick…100/1005. Masa preparada: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Masa preparada100/100
High-band neighbours for Organic Pearled Barley (100/100) outside Unfi.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Organic Pearled Barley
100/100
Organic Raw Buckwheat Groats
100/100
Organic Hulless Barley
100/100
Premium Chunk White Chicken In Broth
100/100
Masa preparada
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,202 products we've scored in the Null category, the average safety score is 95.1/100. Organic Pearled Barley scores 4.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 95.1/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Null products

Organic Pearled Barley lists 1 ingredient on its label

1 0th percentile a longer ingredient list than 0% of the 1,052 products we track

0–2: 33 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 2–4: 56 products (5%). Above this entry. 4–6: 51 products (5%). Above this entry. 6–8: 73 products (7%). Above this entry. 8–10: 54 products (5%). Above this entry. 10–12: 112 products (11%). Above this entry. 12–14: 95 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 132 products (13%). Above this entry. 16–18: 191 products (18%). Above this entry. 18–20: 119 products (11%). Above this entry. 20–22: 47 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 7 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 10 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 11 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 23 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Null product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,052 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 1 (0th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
33 products (3%)
2–4
56 products (5%)
4–6
51 products (5%)
6–8
73 products (7%)
8–10
54 products (5%)
10–12
112 products (11%)
12–14
95 products (9%)
14–16
132 products (13%)
16–18
191 products (18%)
18–20
119 products (11%)
20–22
47 products (4%)
22–24
12 products (1%)
24–26
13 products (1%)
26–28
7 products (1%)
28–30
10 products (1%)
30–32
4 products (0%)
32–34
11 products (1%)
34–36
5 products (0%)
36–38
2 products (0%)
38–40
2 products (0%)
40 and above
23 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,052 Null products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

Full Ingredient List

ORGANIC PEARLED BARLEY.

Categories

Null

High-score cross-brand comparables for Organic Pearled Barley

Neighbours outside Unfi with screening scores in the same high band as Organic Pearled Barley (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Unfi; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Organic Pearled Barley has a shorter ingredient list than 100% of its Null category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
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  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 00038591: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.