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Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp

by Gorton's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0044400161206 · Gorton's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0044400161206 · Serving size 4 ONZ (113 g)

The verdict

Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp by Gorton's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Breadcrumb Coating, Shrimp, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 44 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00161206 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 32% LEAD-RARE Sodium Bisulfite PHOTO-FINISH Beer Battered Fish · ±0 BOOK-OFF …161206 · July 2026

7 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Bisulfite). Source sheet 00161206 · 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: Beer Battered Fish Tenders · Nearest score peer is Beer Battered Fish Tenders at the same screening score.

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.

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.

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. Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Gorton's, seafood appetiz…100/1002. Beer Battered Fish Tenders: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beer Battered Fish Tenders100/1003. Crunchy Fish Sticks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Crunchy Fish Sticks100/1004. Fish Fillets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fish Fillets100/1005. Crunchy Butterfly Shrimp In Delicious Panko Breadcrumbs: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Crunchy Butterfly Shrimp …100/100
High-band neighbours for Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp (100/100) outside Gorton's.
Chart values as text

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

Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp
100/100
Beer Battered Fish Tenders
100/100
Crunchy Fish Sticks
100/100
Fish Fillets
100/100
Crunchy Butterfly Shrimp In Delicious Panko Breadcrumbs
100/100

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. Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 68th percentile a longer ingredient list than 68% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (68th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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

1
Breadcrumb Coating
2
Shrimp
3
Wheat Flour
4
Soybean Oil
5
Water
6
Garlic Powder
7
Onion Powder
8
Yellow Corn Flour
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Cultured Buttermilk
12
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Spices
14
Yeast
15
Baking Powder
16
Baking Soda
17
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
18
Natural Flavor
19
Dehydrated Parsley
20
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
21
Parmesan And Romano Cheese
22
Milk
23
Cheese Culture
24
Enzymes
25
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
26
Sodium Di-
27
Tri-
28
Polyphosphate
29
Sodium Bisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Preservative
31
Monterey Jack Cheese
32
Cultured Milk
33
Dried Cream Cheese
34
Milk And Cream
35
Stabilizers
36
Carob Bean
37
Xanthan
38
Guar Gums
39
Breadcrumbs
40
Dried Vinegar
41
Onion
42
Yellow Corn Meal
43
Tomato Powder
44
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Breadcrumb coating, shrimp, cheese stuffing. breadcrumb coating: wheat flour, soybean oil, water, garlic powder, onion powder, yellow corn flour, sugar, salt, cultured buttermilk, whey, spices, yeast, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), natural flavor, parsley, maltodextrin, parmesan and romano cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), dehydrated garlic, vinegar. shrimp: shrimp, sodium di-, tri-, and polyphosphate (to retain moisture), sodium bisulfite (preservative). cheese stuffing: monterey jack cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), cream cheese (milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (carob bean, xanthan, and/or guar gums)], breadcrumbs (wheat flour, salt, vinegar, baking soda, yeast, natural flavor), dehydrated onion, yellow corn meal, salt, sugar, tomato powder, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, natural flavor, parsley, citric acid, maltodextrin.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp

Neighbours outside Gorton's with screening scores in the same high band as Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gorton's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Gorton's, seafood appetizers, stuffed shrimp, stuffed shrimp has a longer ingredient list than 68% of its Frozen foods category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0044400161206: 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.