Caution

Tartar Sauce For Seafood

by Mccormick

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041234116761 · Mccormick. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041234116761 · Serving size 32g

The verdict

Tartar Sauce For Seafood by Mccormick scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Sweet Pickle Relish, Cucumber. 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 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

34116761 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tartar Sauce For Seafood label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Pumkin Pie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …116761 · July 2026

11 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 34116761 · 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: Pumkin Pie · Nearest score peer is Pumkin Pie 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Tartar Sauce For Seafood: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tartar Sauce For Seafood85/1002. Pumkin Pie: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pumkin Pie85/1003. No sugar added cherry pie, cherry: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. No sugar added cherry pie…85/1004. Rice Crust Chips: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rice Crust Chips85/1005. BEEF BACON CURED BEEF PLATES: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. BEEF BACON CURED BEEF PLA…85/100
High-band neighbours for Tartar Sauce For Seafood (85/100) outside Mccormick.
Chart values as text

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

Tartar Sauce For Seafood
85/100
Pumkin Pie
85/100
No sugar added cherry pie, cherry
85/100
Rice Crust Chips
85/100
BEEF BACON CURED BEEF PLATES
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Tartar Sauce For Seafood lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 28 (84th 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 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Sweet Pickle Relish
3
Cucumber
4
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Distilled Vinegar
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Natural Flavor
8
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
9
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
11
Thickener
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Corn Starch
14
Onion
15
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose
16
Propylene Glycol Alginate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Approved
17
Egg Yolk Solids
18
Spice
19
Including Mustard & Turmeric
20
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Preservative
22
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
23
Egg White Solids
24
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
For Color
26
Calcium Disodium Edta
27
Added To Protect Flavor
28
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

WATER, SWEET PICKLE RELISH (CUCUMBER, FRUCTOSE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM), DISTILLED VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CELLULOSE (THICKENER), SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ONION, SALT, SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE (THICKENER), PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE (THICKENER), EGG YOLK SOLIDS, SPICE (INCLUDING MUSTARD & TURMERIC), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), PHOSPHORIC ACID, EGG WHITE SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR), AND THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Tartar Sauce For Seafood

Neighbours outside Mccormick with screening scores in the same high band as Tartar Sauce For Seafood (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Mccormick; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tartar Sauce For Seafood's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Tartar Sauce For Seafood'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 0041234116761: 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.