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Pulled pork in bbq sauce

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130104406 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130104406 · Serving size 1 TRAY (227 g)

The verdict

Pulled pork in bbq sauce scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 74 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 74-component record, beginning with Macaroni And Cheese, Cooked Macaroni, Water. 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 74 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

30104406 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pulled pork in bbq sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 74 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …104406 · July 2026

17 of 74 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 30104406 · 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Pulled pork in bbq sauce 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 Frozen foods products

Pulled pork in bbq sauce lists 74 ingredients on its label

74 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 74 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen 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 74 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Macaroni And Cheese
2
Cooked Macaroni
3
Water
4
Enriched Semolina
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Milk
11
Vitamin D3
12
Cheddar Cheese
13
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
17
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
18
Natural Cheddar Cheese Flavor
19
Sodium Phosphate
20
Soybean Oil Modified Corn Starch
21
Cheese Flavor
22
Natural Flavors
23
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
24
Disodium Phosphate
25
Sodium Phosphates
26
Low Sodium Sea Salt
27
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
28
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
29
Magnesium Salts
30
Mono And Diglycerides
31
Soy Lecithin
32
Annatto Extract
33
Color
34
Barbecue Sauce
35
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
36
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
37
Wheat
38
Soybeans
39
Alcohol
40
Dried Vinegar
41
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
42
Apple Cider Vinegar
43
Brown Sugar
44
Catsup
45
Tomato
46
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
47
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
48
Onion Powder
49
Garlic Powder
50
Spices
51
Molasses
52
Mustard
53
Distilled Vinegar
54
Mustard Seeds
55
Turmeric
56
Paprika
57
Spice
58
Natural Flavor
59
Chili Powder
60
Chili Pepper
61
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
62
Ethoxyquin
ANTIOXIDANT
Approved
63
Corn Starch
64
Natural Butter Flavor
65
Butter
66
Buttermilk Powder
67
Modified Food Starch
68
Soybean Oil
69
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
70
Cooked Shredded Pork
71
Pork
72
Pork Broth
73
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
74
Lemon Juice Concentrate

Full Ingredient List

Macaroni and cheese (cooked macaroni [water, enriched semolina {durum semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}], water, milk [with vitamin d3], cheddar cheese [cultured pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto {color}], cheddar cheese flavor [cheddar cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, water, sodium phosphate, enzymes], soybean oil modified corn starch, natural cheese flavor [cheddar cheese {cultured milk, salt, enzymes}, natural flavors, maltodextrin, water, salt, disodium phosphate], salt, sodium phosphates, low sodium sea salt [sea salt, potassium chloride, magnesium salts], mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, annatto extract [color]), barbecue sauce (water, sugar, soy sauce [water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar, lactic acid], apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, catsup [tomato, corn syrup, vinegar, salt, dextrose, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, natural flavors], molasses, mustard [distilled vinegar, water, mustard seeds, salt, turmeric {color}, paprika, spice, natural flavor, garlic powder], chili powder [chili pepper, salt, spices, garlic, ethoxyquin {to retain color}], modified corn starch, spices, butter flavor [dehydrated butter, buttermilk powder, natural flavor, maltodextrin, modified food starch], soybean oil, xanthan gum), cooked shredded pork (pork, pork broth, salt, garlic powder, sodium phosphate, caramel color, onion powder, paprika, lemon juice concentrate).

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pulled pork in bbq sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 74-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Pulled pork in 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 0021130104406: 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.