Safe

Butter Chicken sauce

by Culinary Tours

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011225191374 · Culinary Tours · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011225191374 · Serving size 0.5 cup (125 ml)

The verdict

Butter Chicken sauce by Culinary Tours scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Water, Cream, Milk. 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 40 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

25191374 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Butter Chicken sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Carboxymethyl Cellulose PHOTO-FINISH Vanilla Chocolate Ice · ±0 BOOK-OFF …191374 · July 2026

10 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carboxymethyl Cellulose). Source sheet 25191374 · 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: Vanilla Chocolate Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Vanilla Chocolate Ice 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Butter Chicken sauce: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Butter Chicken sauce90/1002. Vanilla Chocolate Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vanilla Chocolate Ice Cre…90/1003. Chocolate light ice cream, chocolate: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate light ice cream…90/1004. Ice Cream Cups: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream Cups90/1005. Ice Cream Cups: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice Cream Cups90/100
High-band neighbours for Butter Chicken sauce (90/100) outside Culinary Tours.
Chart values as text

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

Butter Chicken sauce
90/100
Vanilla Chocolate Ice Cream
90/100
Chocolate light ice cream, chocolate
90/100
Ice Cream Cups
90/100
Ice Cream Cups
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Butter Chicken sauce scores 8.3 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 98.3/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Condiments products

Butter Chicken sauce lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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

How the 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Cream
3
Milk
4
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
5
Mono-and Diglycerides
6
Carboxymethyl Cellulose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution GRAS
7
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
8
Tomato Paste
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Butter
11
Organic Onions
12
Chicken Paste
13
Chicken Meat
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Potato Flour
16
Natural Flavor
17
Onion
18
Chicken Broth
19
Carrot Powder
20
Spices
21
Turmeric
22
Corn Starch
23
Seasoning
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
Onion
26
Beet
27
Papain
Other
Safe
28
Lemon Juice Concentrate
29
Organic Ginger
30
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
31
Canola Oil
32
Cilantro
33
Cochineal & Caramel
34
For Color
35
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
36
Preservative
37
Spice Extracts
38
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
39
Paprika Extract
40
Disodium Edta

Full Ingredient List

Water, cream (cream, milk, carrageenan, mono-and diglycerides, carboxymethyl cellulose, polysorbate 80), tomato paste, sugar, butter, onions, chicken paste (chicken meat, water, salt, potato flour, natural flavor (contains onion), dehydrated chicken broth, carrot powder, spices, turmeric), salt, modified corn starch, seasoning (spices, dehydrated garlic, salt, dehydrated onion, dehydrated beet, papain) lemon juice concentrate, ginger, garlic, spices, canola oil, cilantro, cochineal & caramel (for color), sodium benzoate (preservative), spice extracts, citric acid, paprika extract, disodium edta (to protect flavor).

Other products containing Chicken Paste

Chicken Paste is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Butter Chicken sauce

Neighbours outside Culinary Tours with screening scores in the same high band as Butter Chicken sauce (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Culinary Tours; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carboxymethyl Cellulose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Butter Chicken sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carboxymethyl Cellulose. Open Carboxymethyl Cellulose
  • Compare Butter Chicken sauce'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 0011225191374: 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.