Caution

Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce

by G Hughes

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0026825000063 · G Hughes · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0026825000063 · Serving size 2 tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce by G Hughes scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 17 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 17-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Brown Mustard, Distlled Vinegar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 17 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

25000063 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 17 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 36% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Sugar Free Teriyaki · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000063 · July 2026

3 of 17 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 25000063 · 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: Sugar Free Teriyaki Marinade · Nearest score peer is Sugar Free Teriyaki Marinade at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

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

1. Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Honey Mustard Flavored Di…85/1002. Sugar Free Teriyaki Marinade: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sugar Free Teriyaki Marin…85/1003. Sugar Free Orange Ginger Marinade: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar Free Orange Ginger …85/1004. Sugar Free Dipping Sauce Yum Yum: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sugar Free Dipping Sauce …85/1005. Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Smoked Sausage85/100
High-band neighbours for Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce (85/100) outside G Hughes.
Chart values as text

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

Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce
85/100
Sugar Free Teriyaki Marinade
85/100
Sugar Free Orange Ginger Marinade
85/100
Sugar Free Dipping Sauce Yum Yum
85/100
Smoked Sausage
85/100

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. Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce scores 13.3 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 98.3/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Condiments products

Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce lists 17 ingredients on its label

17 64th percentile a longer ingredient list than 64% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 17 (64th 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

Water, brown mustard (distlled vinegar, mustard seed, salt, spices and turmeric), canola oil, modified corn starch, vinegar, yellow mustard (distilled vinegar, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, spices), salt, enzyme modified egg yolks, spices, xanthan gum, natural flavor, sucralose.

Other products containing Distlled Vinegar

Distlled Vinegar is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Mustards Salad dressings Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce

Neighbours outside G Hughes with screening scores in the same high band as Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within G Hughes; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 17-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Honey Mustard Flavored Dipping 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 0026825000063: 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.