Safe

Red Rooster, Hot Sauce

by Bruce Foods Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0017600021458 · Bruce Foods Inc. · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0017600021458 · Serving size 1 tsp (5 ml)

The verdict

Red Rooster, Hot Sauce by Bruce Foods Inc. scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 2 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Fully Aged Peppers, Vinegar And Salt, 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 2 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
E
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

Processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00021458 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red Rooster, Hot Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 2 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 99% PHOTO-FINISH Original Chili Powder · ±0 BOOK-OFF …021458 · July 2026

None of the 2 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 00021458 · 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: Original Chili Powder Seasoning · Nearest score peer is Original Chili Powder Seasoning 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Red Rooster, Hot Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Red Rooster, Hot Sauce100/1002. Original Chili Powder Seasoning: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Original Chili Powder Sea…100/1003. Chili Powder Seasoning: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chili Powder Seasoning100/1004. Homestyle Chili With Beans: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Homestyle Chili With Beans100/1005. Garlic Salt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Garlic Salt100/100
High-band neighbours for Red Rooster, Hot Sauce (100/100) outside Bruce Foods Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Red Rooster, Hot Sauce
100/100
Original Chili Powder Seasoning
100/100
Chili Powder Seasoning
100/100
Homestyle Chili With Beans
100/100
Garlic Salt
100/100

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. Red Rooster, Hot Sauce scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Red Rooster, Hot Sauce lists 2 ingredients on its label

2 1st percentile a longer ingredient list than 1% of the 27,084 products we track

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

Full Ingredient List

Fully aged peppers, vinegar and salt.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Hot sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Red Rooster, Hot Sauce

Neighbours outside Bruce Foods Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Red Rooster, Hot Sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bruce Foods Inc.; 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

Red Rooster, Hot Sauce has a shorter ingredient list than 99% of its Condiments 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
  • Compare another barcode with a similarly short ingredient list. Compare labels
  • 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 0017600021458: 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.