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Kettle cooked seafood gumbo

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0012033000018 · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0012033000018 · Serving size 1 cup (228 g)

The verdict

Kettle cooked seafood gumbo scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Water, Shrimp, Onion. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

33000018 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Kettle cooked seafood gumbo label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …000018 · July 2026

9 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 33000018 · 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

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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Kettle cooked seafood gumbo scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Canned foods products

Kettle cooked seafood gumbo lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 2,784 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 58 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 6–8: 148 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 226 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 301 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 233 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Below this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Canned foods 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

2,784 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
58 products (2%)
4–6
123 products (4%)
6–8
148 products (5%)
8–10
226 products (8%)
10–12
301 products (11%)
12–14
233 products (8%)
14–16
246 products (9%)
16–18
182 products (7%)
18–20
165 products (6%)
20–22
133 products (5%)
22–24
133 products (5%)
24–26
123 products (4%)
26–28
116 products (4%)
28–30
124 products (4%)
30–32
78 products (3%)
32–34
95 products (3%)
34–36
65 products (2%)
36–38
49 products (2%)
38–40
61 products (2%)
40 and above
123 products (4%)

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 2,784 Canned foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Shrimp
3
Onion
4
Tomatoes
5
Okra
6
Enriched Flour
7
Wheat Flour
8
Malted Barley Flour
9
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Iron
11
Thiamin Mononitrate
12
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
14
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
hydrogenated soybean oil
17
Crabmeat
18
Celery
19
Chicken Base
20
Chicken Meat And Natural Chicken Juices
21
Chicken Fat
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Hydrolyzed
24
Corn And Wheat Gluten
25
Soy
26
Proteins
27
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
29
Yeast Extract
30
Flavoring
31
Partially Hydrogenated Cottenseed And Soybean Oil
32
Corn Oil
33
Disodium Inosinate/disodium Guanylate
34
Extractives Of Turmeric And Annatto
35
Dehydrated Bell Pepper
36
Less Than 0.5 Percent Of File And Other Spices
37
Dried Vinegar
38
Molasses
39
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
40
Anchovies
41
Tamarinds
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Listed
42
Corn Sweetner
43
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Proteins
44
Natural Flavors

Full Ingredient List

Water, shrimp, onion, tomatoes, okra, enriched flour {(wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin), hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, salt, hydrogenated soybean oil}, crabmeat, celery, chicken base (chicken meat and natural chicken juices, salt, chicken fat, sugar, hydrolyzed (corn and wheat gluten, soy) proteins, dried whey, maltodextrin, yeast extract, natural flavoring, partially hydrogenated cottenseed and soybean oil, corn oil, disodium inosinate/disodium guanylate, and natural extractives of turmeric and annatto), bell pepper, salt, less than 0.5 percent of file and other spices, vinegar, molasses, garlic, anchovies, tamarinds, salt, sugar, corn sweetner, hydrolyzed soy and corn proteins, natural flavors, caramel color.

Categories

Canned foods Frozen foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Kettle cooked seafood gumbo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Kettle cooked seafood gumbo's 1 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 0012033000018: 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.