Caution

Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon

by Ivar's Soup Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030383195819 · Ivar's Soup Company · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030383195819 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon by Ivar's Soup Company scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 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 63-component record, beginning with Clam Stock, Water, Clam 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 63 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.

83195819 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Clam Chowder With · ±0 BOOK-OFF …195819 · July 2026

17 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 83195819 · 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: Clam Chowder With Bacon · Nearest score peer is 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Puget Sound Clam Chowder …85/1002. Clam Chowder With Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Clam Chowder With Bacon85/1003. 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 Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon (85/100) outside Ivar's Soup Company.
Chart values as text

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

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

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. Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Clam Stock
2
Water
3
Clam Base
4
Cooked Clams
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Yeast Extract
7
Natural Flavor
8
Unsalted Butter
9
Cream
10
Potato Flour
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Onion Powder
13
Garlic Powder
14
Clams And Clam Juice
15
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
16
Caloum Disodium Edta
17
Chowder Mix
18
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
19
Corn Syrup Solids
20
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
21
Artificial Color
22
Mono - And Diglycerides
23
Sodium Silicoaluminate
24
Disodium Phosphate
25
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
26
Soy Lecithin
27
Potatoes Potatoes
28
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
29
Bacon
30
Pork Cured With Water
31
Sodium Phosphate
32
Honey
33
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
34
Flavoring
35
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
36
Canola Oil
37
Wheat Flour
38
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Reduced Iron
40
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
43
Onion
44
Corn Starch
45
Cultured Dextrose
46
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
47
Lactic Acid Culture
48
Wholly Pasteurized Product
49
Celery
50
Lemon Juice From Concentrate
51
Spices
52
Spice
53
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
54
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
55
Spice Extractive
56
Nisin Preparation
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
GRAS
57
Clams
58
Cod
59
Milk
60
Wheat
61
Soy
62
Tree Nuts
63
Organic Coconut

Full Ingredient List

clam stock (water, clam base (cooked clams, salt, yeast extract, natural flavor {contains cod}, unsalted butter [cream {milk}], potato flour, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder]), clams and clam juice (clams and clam juice, salt, sodium tripolyphosphate (to retain moisture), caloum disodium edta (to preserve color}), chowder mix (coconut oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate {a milk derivative), artificial color, sugar, mono - and diglycerides, sodium silicoaluminate, disodium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin), potatoes potatoes, sodium acid pyrophosphate), bacon (pork 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), dehydrated onion, modified corn starch, cultured dextrose (maltodextrin, lactic acid culture (wholly pasteurized product}), salt, dehydrated celery, lemon juice from concentrate, spices (garlic powder, spice, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, salt, spice extractive), nisin preparation. contains: clams, cod, milk, wheat, soy, tree nuts (coconut)

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon

Neighbours outside Ivar's Soup Company with screening scores in the same high band as Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon (85/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Ivar's Soup Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Puget Sound Clam Chowder with Bacon's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Puget Sound 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 0030383195819: 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.