Safe

Original Popcorn

by Orville Redenbacher's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0027000488058 · Orville Redenbacher's · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0027000488058 · Serving size 3 tbsp (40 g)

The verdict

Original Popcorn by Orville Redenbacher's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 1 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Whole Grain Popping Corn, 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 1 analyzed
A
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

100/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

N/A

NOVA food-processing classification

Nutrition Grade

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.

00488058 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Original Popcorn label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 1 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-UNK NOVA n/a NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-LONG Len top 100% PHOTO-FINISH Pasta Sauce Traditional · ±0 BOOK-OFF …488058 · July 2026

None of the 1 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 00488058 · 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: Pasta Sauce Traditional · Nearest score peer is Pasta Sauce Traditional 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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Original Popcorn: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Original Popcorn100/1002. Pasta Sauce Traditional: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pasta Sauce Traditional100/1003. HUNTS Mushroom Spaghetti Sauce, 24 OZ: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. HUNTS Mushroom Spaghetti …100/1004. Pasta Sauce Meat Flavored: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pasta Sauce Meat Flavored100/1005. Pasta Sauce Four Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pasta Sauce Four Cheese100/100
High-band neighbours for Original Popcorn (100/100) outside Orville Redenbacher's.
Chart values as text

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

Original Popcorn
100/100
Pasta Sauce Traditional
100/100
HUNTS Mushroom Spaghetti Sauce, 24 OZ
100/100
Pasta Sauce Meat Flavored
100/100
Pasta Sauce Four Cheese
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Original Popcorn scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Original Popcorn lists 1 ingredient on its label

1 0th percentile a longer ingredient list than 0% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Above this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Above this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Above this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Above this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Above this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Above this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 1 (0th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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

Whole grain popping corn

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Cereals and potatoes Seeds Cereals and their products Cereal grains Corn Popcorn

High-score cross-brand comparables for Original Popcorn

Neighbours outside Orville Redenbacher's with screening scores in the same high band as Original Popcorn (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Orville Redenbacher's; 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

Original Popcorn has a shorter ingredient list than 100% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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
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  • 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 0027000488058: 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.