Safe

Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork

by J.t.m.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0049485480402 · J.t.m. · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0049485480402 · Serving size 0.25 cup (60 g)

The verdict

Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork by J.t.m. scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Boneless Pork, Tomato Paste, Sugar. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 27 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

85480402 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 68% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Whole foods market, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …480402 · July 2026

6 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 85480402 · 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: Whole foods market, cauliflower & cheese soup · Nearest score peer is Whole foods market, cauliflower & cheese soup 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.

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. Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bar-b-q sauce with pulled…95/1002. Whole foods market, cauliflower & cheese soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Whole foods market, cauli…95/1003. Roasted Corn Poblano Chowder: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Roasted Corn Poblano Chow…95/1004. Ice Cream Sandwich: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream Sandwich95/1005. Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cookies & Cream Ice Cream…95/100
High-band neighbours for Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork (95/100) outside J.t.m..
Chart values as text

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

Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork
95/100
Whole foods market, cauliflower & cheese soup
95/100
Roasted Corn Poblano Chowder
95/100
Ice Cream Sandwich
95/100
Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches
95/100

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. Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork 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 Frozen foods products

Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 32nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 32% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Above this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (32nd 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.

Full Ingredient List

Boneless pork, tomato paste, sugar, vinegar, water, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, spices), contains less than 2% of seasoning (salt, sugar, modified food starch, dextrose, onion powder, guar gum, paprika, dehydrated garlic, beet powder, spices, citric acid, natural flavor), corn syrup solids, modified food starch, salt, onion powder, natural smoke flavor, caramel color, paprika extract, dehydrated garlic.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork

Neighbours outside J.t.m. with screening scores in the same high band as Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork (95/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within J.t.m.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Bar-b-q sauce with pulled pork'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 0049485480402: 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.