Caution

Clam Chowder With Bacon

by Ivar's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030383195598 · Ivar's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030383195598 · Serving size 245.00000000000003g

The verdict

Clam Chowder With Bacon by Ivar's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Clam Stock, Water, Calm Base. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 56 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

83195598 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Clam Chowder With Bacon label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Puget Sound Clam · ±0 BOOK-OFF …195598 · July 2026

14 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 83195598 · 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: Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon · Nearest score peer is Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Clam Chowder With Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Clam Chowder With Bacon85/1002. Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Puget Sound Clam Chowder …85/1003. Loads of sour cream & onion rippled potato chips: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Loads of sour cream & oni…85/1004. Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bacon85/1005. Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bacon85/100
High-band neighbours for Clam Chowder With Bacon (85/100) outside Ivar's.
Chart values as text

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

Clam Chowder With Bacon
85/100
Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon
85/100
Loads of sour cream & onion rippled potato chips
85/100
Bacon
85/100
Bacon
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Clam Chowder With Bacon lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Clam Stock
2
Water
3
Calm Base
4
Cooked Calms
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Yeast Extract
7
Flavoring
8
Cod
9
Disalted Butter
10
Cream
11
Natural Flavor
12
Potato Flour
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Onion Powder
15
Garlic Powder
16
Clams And Clam Juice
17
Ocean Clams And Ocean Clam Juice
18
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Calcium Disodium Edta
20
Chowder Mix
21
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
22
Corn Starch Solids
23
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Milk
25
Derivative
26
Artificial Color
27
Mono-and Di-glycerides
28
Sodium Silicoaluminate
29
Disodium Phosphate
30
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
31
Soy Lecithin
32
Potatoes
33
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
34
Bacon
35
Cured With Water
36
Sodium Phosphate
37
Honey
38
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
39
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
40
Canola Oil
41
Wheat Flour
42
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Reduced Iron
44
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
46
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
47
Onion
48
Corn Starch
49
Culture
50
Wholly Pasteurized Product
51
Celery
52
Lemon Juice From Concentrate
53
Spices
54
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
55
Spice Extractive
56
Nisin Preparation
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

CLAM STOCK (WATER, CALM BASE [COOKED CALMS, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, FLAVORING {CONTAINS COD}, DISALTED BUTTER (CREAM, NATURAL FLAVOR), POTATO FLOUR, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER]), CLAMS AND CLAM JUICE (OCEAN CLAMS AND OCEAN CLAM JUICE, SALT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE {TO RETAIN NATURAL JUICES}, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA {TO PRESERVE COLOR}), CHOWDER MIX (HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL, CORN STARCH SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [A MILK, DERIVATIVE], ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SUGAR, MONO-AND DI-GLYCERIDES, SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SOY LECITHIN), POTATOES (POTATOES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, HONEY, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, FLAVORING, SODIUM NITRITE), CANOLA OIL, WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEHYDRATED ONION, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CULTURE (WHOLLY PASTEURIZED PRODUCT}), SALT, DEHYDRATED CELERY, LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, SPICES (GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SALT, SPICE EXTRACTIVE), NISIN PREPARATION.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Clam Chowder With Bacon

Neighbours outside Ivar's with screening scores in the same high band as Clam Chowder With Bacon (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ivar's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Clam Chowder With Bacon's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Clam Chowder With Bacon'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 0030383195598: 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.