Safe

Bbq sauce

by Rainbow Games Inc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0019962025419 · Rainbow Games Inc · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0019962025419 · Serving size 2 tsp (23 g)

The verdict

Bbq sauce by Rainbow Games Inc scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 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 39-component record, beginning with Brown Sugar, Water, Tomato Paste. 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 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-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.

62025419 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bbq sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Lava cake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …025419 · July 2026

10 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 62025419 · 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: Lava cake · Nearest score peer is Lava cake 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 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. Bbq sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bbq sauce95/1002. Lava cake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lava cake95/1003. Tony Littl' Bits: marshmallow & biscuit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Tony Littl' Bits: marshma…95/1004. Guernsey Farms Dairy, French Onion Dip: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Guernsey Farms Dairy, Fre…95/1005. Chicken Noodle Soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken Noodle Soup95/100
High-band neighbours for Bbq sauce (95/100) outside Rainbow Games Inc.
Chart values as text

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

Bbq sauce
95/100
Lava cake
95/100
Tony Littl' Bits: marshmallow & biscuit
95/100
Guernsey Farms Dairy, French Onion Dip
95/100
Chicken Noodle Soup
95/100

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. Bbq sauce scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 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

Bbq sauce lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 39 (98th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Brown Sugar
2
Water
3
Tomato Paste
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Apple Cider Vinegar
6
Pancake Syrup
7
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
8
Imitation Flavor
9
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
12
Cellulose Gum
13
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
14
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
15
Catsup
16
Distilled Vinegar
17
Onion Powder
18
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
19
Garlic Powder
20
Spices
21
Worcestershire Sauce
22
Malt Vinegar
23
Molasses
24
Tamarind
25
Onion
26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Black Pepper
28
Yellow Mustard
29
Mustard Seed
30
Turmeric
31
Paprika
32
Hot Sauce
33
Aged Red Cayenne Peppers
34
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
35
Natural Smoke Flavor
36
Spice
37
Butter
38
Chili Pepper
39
Chili Powder

Full Ingredient List

Brown sugar, water, tomato paste, sugar, apple cider vinegar, pancake syrup (corn syrup, water, imitation flavor, propylene glycol, salt, potassium sorbate, cellulose gum, caramel color, citric acid), catsup (water, tomato paste, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, onion powder, xanthan gum, garlic powder, (spices, citric acid), distilled vinegar, worcestershire sauce (water, malt vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, distilled vinegar, tamarind, dried onion, spices, dried garlic, black pepper, citric acid), yellow mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spices), molasses, salt, hot sauce (aged red cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, garlic), natural smoke flavor, spice, butter, chili pepper, dried garlic, chili powder (chili pepper, salt, spices, garlic)

Other products containing Imitation Flavor

Imitation Flavor is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bbq sauce

Neighbours outside Rainbow Games Inc with screening scores in the same high band as Bbq sauce (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rainbow Games Inc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bbq sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Bbq sauce'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 0019962025419: 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.