Safe

Crab Cakes

by Mrs. Paul's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011162111046 · Mrs. Paul's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011162111046 · Serving size 82g

The verdict

Crab Cakes by Mrs. Paul's scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 68 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 68-component record, beginning with Crab Meat, Imitation Crab Meat, Pollock. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 68 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

62111046 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Crab Cakes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 68 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Whipping Cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …111046 · July 2026

17 of 68 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 62111046 · 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: Whipping Cream · Nearest score peer is Whipping Cream 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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Crab Cakes: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Crab Cakes90/1002. Whipping Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Whipping Cream90/1003. Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice Cream90/1004. Heavy Whipping Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Heavy Whipping Cream90/1005. Fudge Bars: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fudge Bars90/100
High-band neighbours for Crab Cakes (90/100) outside Mrs. Paul's.
Chart values as text

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

Crab Cakes
90/100
Whipping Cream
90/100
Ice Cream
90/100
Heavy Whipping Cream
90/100
Fudge Bars
90/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Crab Cakes lists 68 ingredients on its label

68 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 68 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 68 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Crab Meat
2
Imitation Crab Meat
3
Pollock
4
Cod
5
Pacific Whiting
6
Water
7
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
8
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
11
Snow Crab Meat
12
Natural And Artificial Flavors
13
Soy
14
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Egg Whites
16
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
17
Potassium Tripolyphosphate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
18
Color Added
19
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Carmine
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
22
Paprika Oleoresin
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Modified Food Starch
25
Soy Lecithin
26
Bleached Wheat Flour
27
Celery
28
Dried Cream Cheese
29
Pasteurized Milk
30
Cream
31
Cheese Culture
32
Stabilizers
33
Carob Bean
34
Xanthan Guar Gums
35
Onion
36
Red Peppers
37
Green Peppers
38
Wheat Flour
39
Yellow Corn Flour
40
Soybean Oil
41
Nonfat Dry Milk
42
Distilled Vinegar
43
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
44
Cane Juice Molasses
45
Lemon Juice Concentrate
46
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
47
Mustard Seed
48
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
49
Leavening
50
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
51
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
52
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
53
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Proteins
54
Guar Gum
55
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
56
Sodium Inosinate
57
Yeast
58
Turmeric
59
Garlic Salt
60
Spices
61
Garlic Powder
62
Onion Powder
63
Black And Cayenne Pepper
64
Anchovies
65
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
66
Natural & Artificial Flavor
67
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
68
As Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

CRAB MEAT, IMITATION CRAB MEAT (POLLOCK, COD AND/OR PACIFIC WHITING, WATER, WHEAT STARCH, POTATO STARCH, SUGAR, TAPIOCA STARCH, SNOW CRAB MEAT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS [SOY], SORBITOL, EGG WHITES, CARRAGEENAN, POTASSIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, COLOR ADDED, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SALT, CARMINE, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN, MODIFIED SALT, CARMINE, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SOY LECITHIN), POLLOCK, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, CELERY, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS [CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN GUAR GUMS]), ONION, RED PEPPERS, GREEN PEPPERS, WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SOYBEAN OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CANE JUICE MOLASSES, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, XANTHAN GUM, MUSTARD SEED, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), CITRIC ACID, HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEINS, GUAR GUM, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SODIUM INOSINATE, DRIED YEAST, TURMERIC, GARLIC SALT, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, BLACK AND CAYENNE PEPPER, ANCHOVIES, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (AS PRESERVATIVES). `

Other products containing Xanthan Guar Gums

Xanthan Guar Gums is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Crab Cakes

Neighbours outside Mrs. Paul's with screening scores in the same high band as Crab Cakes (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Mrs. Paul's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Crab Cakes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 68-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Crab Cakes's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

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

Barcode 0011162111046: 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.