Caution

Pre-Creamed Shortening

by Clear Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036800750388 · Clear Value. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036800750388 · Serving size 13 g (1 Tbsp)

The verdict

Pre-Creamed Shortening by Clear Value scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Selected Meat Fats, Lard, Tallow And Hydrogenated Lard; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 7 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0036800750388
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

N/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.

00750388 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pre-Creamed Shortening label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 79% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Luncheon Meat · ±0 BOOK-OFF …750388 · July 2026

2 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00750388 · 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: Luncheon Meat · Nearest score peer is Luncheon Meat 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Pre-Creamed Shortening: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pre-Creamed Shortening85/1002. Luncheon Meat: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Luncheon Meat85/1003. Sunscreen: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sunscreen85/1004. all-purpose baking mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. all-purpose baking mix85/1005. Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Coconut Cream: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Instant Pudding & Pie Fil…85/100
High-band neighbours for Pre-Creamed Shortening (85/100) outside Clear Value.
Chart values as text

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

Pre-Creamed Shortening
85/100
Luncheon Meat
85/100
Sunscreen
85/100
all-purpose baking mix
85/100
Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Coconut Cream
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Pre-Creamed Shortening lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 21st percentile a longer ingredient list than 21% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Above this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Above this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 7 (21st 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 7 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Selected meat fats (lard, tallow and hydrogenated lard), partially hydrogenated soybean oil, vegetable mono & diglycerides, bha, propyl gallate and citric acid added to protect color.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pre-Creamed Shortening

Neighbours outside Clear Value with screening scores in the same high band as Pre-Creamed Shortening (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Clear Value; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pre-Creamed Shortening's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pre-Creamed Shortening'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 0036800750388: 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.