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HEALTHY CHOICE Herb Crusted Fish, 11 OZ

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100210298 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050100210298 · Serving size 1 Meal (311 g) (311 g)

The verdict

HEALTHY CHOICE Herb Crusted Fish, 11 OZ scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 68 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 68-component record, beginning with Breaded Herb Crusted Fish, Pollock, Enriched 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
One flagged · of 68 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

75/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

00210298 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

HEALTHY CHOICE Herb Crusted Fish, 11 OZ label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 68 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …210298 · July 2026

18 of 68 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 00210298 · 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

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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. HEALTHY CHOICE Herb Crusted Fish, 11 OZ scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

HEALTHY CHOICE Herb Crusted Fish, 11 OZ lists 68 ingredients on its label

68 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 68 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 68 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Breaded Herb Crusted Fish
2
Pollock
3
Enriched Wheat Flour
4
Bleached And Unbleached Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Water
11
Soybean Oil
12
Corn Starch
13
Spices
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Yellow Corn Flour
17
White Corn Flour
18
Garlic Powder
19
Egg Whites
20
Onion Powder
21
Yeast
22
Leavening
23
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
24
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
25
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
26
Soy Flour
27
Natural Flavor
28
Yeast Extract
29
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
30
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
31
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
32
Extractives Of Paprika
33
Color
34
Olive Oil
35
Canola Oil
36
Cooked Pasta
37
Organic Pasta
38
Whole Grain Wheat Flour
39
Durum Wheat Semolina
40
Green Beans
41
Carrots
42
Tomatoes
43
Chardonnay Wine
44
Corn Starch
45
Garlic Puree
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
Dried Cane Syrup
48
Basil Puree
49
Organic Basil
50
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
51
Parmesan Cheese
52
Part Skim Milk
53
Cheese Culture
54
Enzymes
55
Onion Puree
56
Onion
57
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
58
Lemon Juice Concentrate
59
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
60
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
61
Spice
62
Onion
63
Red Bell Pepper
64
Egg
65
Fish
66
Milk
67
Soy
68
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Breaded herb crusted fish (pollock, enriched wheat flour [bleached and unbleached wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate {iron}, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, contains 2% or less of: soybean oil, modified corn starch, spices, sugar, salt, yellow corn flour, white corn flour, garlic powder, egg whites, onion powder, yeast, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate], dextrose, soy flour, natural flavor, yeast extract, caramel color, torula yeast, dehydrated garlic, extractives of paprika [color], olive oil, canola oil), cooked pasta (water, pasta [whole grain wheat flour {ultragrainã‚â®}, durum wheat semolina, egg whites], olive oil), green beans, water, carrots, tomatoes, contains 2% or less of: chardonnay wine, corn starch, garlic puree (garlic, dried cane syrup), olive oil, basil puree (basil, garlic, dried cane syrup, olive oil, sea salt), parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), onion puree (onion, dried cane syrup, sea salt), sugar, whey, sea salt, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavor (natural flavor, maltodextrin, fructose), spice, garlic powder, dried onion, dried red bell pepper, soybean oil. contains: egg, fish (pollock), milk, soy, wheat.

Other products containing Basil Puree

Basil Puree is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from HEALTHY CHOICE Herb Crusted Fish, 11 OZ's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 68-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare HEALTHY CHOICE Herb Crusted Fish, 11 OZ'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 0050100210298: 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.