O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0020169222129 · Simply Potatoes · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS by Simply Potatoes scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Potatoes, Dextrose, O'brien Seasoning; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 13 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0020169222129
- Barcode (UPC/EAN)
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
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
N/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.
69222129 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS label screening desk
4 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Silicon Dioxide). Source sheet 69222129 · 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: Traditional Mashed Potatoes · Nearest score peer is Traditional Mashed Potatoes 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.
No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products
O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS lists 13 ingredients on its label
13 11th percentile a longer ingredient list than 11% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 12 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 83 products (1%)
- 4–6
- 127 products (1%)
- 6–8
- 209 products (2%)
- 8–10
- 312 products (3%)
- 10–12
- 315 products (3%)
- 12–14
- 412 products (4%)
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- 477 products (4%)
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- 542 products (5%)
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- 552 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 545 products (5%)
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- 550 products (5%)
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- 552 products (5%)
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- 574 products (5%)
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- 466 products (4%)
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- 443 products (4%)
- 38–40
- 388 products (3%)
- 40 and above
- 3,204 products (28%)
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 11,283 Meals 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
Full Ingredient List
Potatoes, dextrose, o'brien seasoning (dehydrated vegetables [garlic, onion, red and green bell peppers], salt, silicon dioxide [to prevent caking]), contains 1/2% or less of the following: disodium pyrophosphate (added to maintain color), potassium sorbate and sodium bisulfite (added to maintain freshness).
Other products containing Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Bisulfite
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Bisulfite is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 49 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS
Neighbours outside Simply Potatoes with screening scores in the same high band as O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Simply Potatoes; 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).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (13 on 0020169222129).
Check the compact label closely
Check the compact label closely
O'BRIEN HASH BROWNS has a shorter ingredient list than 89% of its Meals category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.
- Start with Silicon Dioxide 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 0020169222129: 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.