Fish fillets
Scores 95/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with 1 flagged ingredient identified.
The verdict
Fish fillets by High Liner Foods scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 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 38-component record, beginning with Pollock, Water, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour. 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.
- 95/100
- Safe safety score
- 1
- flagged ingredient of 38 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.
00012420 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Fish fillets label screening desk
Fish fillets screens 95/100 with 1 flagged of 38 parsed ingredients. 13 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Derived index from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data — not an official FDA rating; see methodology. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Egg nog (0 pts).
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 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Fish fillets scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Seafood products
Fish fillets lists 38 ingredients on its label
38 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 4,524 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 37 products (1%)
- 2–4
- 1,327 products (29%)
- 4–6
- 1,159 products (26%)
- 6–8
- 327 products (7%)
- 8–10
- 165 products (4%)
- 10–12
- 157 products (3%)
- 12–14
- 186 products (4%)
- 14–16
- 129 products (3%)
- 16–18
- 151 products (3%)
- 18–20
- 125 products (3%)
- 20–22
- 110 products (2%)
- 22–24
- 75 products (2%)
- 24–26
- 76 products (2%)
- 26–28
- 77 products (2%)
- 28–30
- 53 products (1%)
- 30–32
- 56 products (1%)
- 32–34
- 52 products (1%)
- 34–36
- 37 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 24 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 21 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 180 products (4%)
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 4,524 Seafood 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
Pollock, water, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (canola, cottonseed, and/or soybean), enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, yellow corn flour, contains 2% or less of: salt, natural flavors, sugar, yeast, yeast extract, modified cellulose, dehydrated onion, spices, dehydrated garlic, onion powder, whey, hydrolyzed soy protein, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), caramel color, extractives of paprika, annatto and turmeric (color), sodium tripolyphosphate (to retain moisture).
Other products containing Pollock
Pollock is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 403 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Fish fillets
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Same high-band screening score
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Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (38 on 0041600012420).
Barcode 0041600012420: 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.