Safe

Black olives

by Lindsay

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0053800026312 · Lindsay · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0053800026312 · Serving size 6 olives (15 g)

The verdict

Black olives by Lindsay scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Ripe Olives, Water, Sea Salt And Ferrous Gluconate, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 4 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
B
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

80/100

Grade A-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

Processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00026312 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Black olives label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 96% PHOTO-FINISH Freshly made pasta · ±0 BOOK-OFF …026312 · July 2026

None of the 4 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 00026312 · 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: Freshly made pasta layered between white meat chicken lasagna & crisp vegetables in a creamy sauce · Nearest score peer is Freshly made pasta layered between white meat chicken lasagna & crisp vegetables in a creamy sauce 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Black olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Black olives100/1002. Freshly made pasta layered between white meat chicken lasagna & crisp vegetables in a creamy sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Freshly made pasta layere…100/1003. Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wh…100/1004. Oreo: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Oreo100/1005. Four Cheese Pizza: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Four Cheese Pizza100/100
High-band neighbours for Black olives (100/100) outside Lindsay.
Chart values as text

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

Black olives
100/100
Freshly made pasta layered between white meat chicken lasagna & crisp vegetables in a creamy sauce
100/100
Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size cereal
100/100
Oreo
100/100
Four Cheese Pizza
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 6,228 products we've scored in the Salted-snacks category, the average safety score is 94.1/100. Black olives scores 5.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 94.1/100), 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 Salted-snacks products

Black olives lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 4th percentile a longer ingredient list than 4% of the 5,429 products we track

0–2: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 222 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 793 products (15%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 689 products (13%). Above this entry. 8–10: 1,036 products (19%). Above this entry. 10–12: 817 products (15%). Above this entry. 12–14: 570 products (10%). Above this entry. 14–16: 243 products (4%). Above this entry. 16–18: 168 products (3%). Above this entry. 18–20: 67 products (1%). Above this entry. 20–22: 47 products (1%). Above this entry. 22–24: 30 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 41 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 32 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 36 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 41 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 47 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 46 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 47 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 407 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Salted-snacks 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

5,429 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 4 (4th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3 products (0%)
2–4
222 products (4%)
4–6
793 products (15%)
6–8
689 products (13%)
8–10
1,036 products (19%)
10–12
817 products (15%)
12–14
570 products (10%)
14–16
243 products (4%)
16–18
168 products (3%)
18–20
67 products (1%)
20–22
47 products (1%)
22–24
30 products (1%)
24–26
41 products (1%)
26–28
32 products (1%)
28–30
36 products (1%)
30–32
41 products (1%)
32–34
47 products (1%)
34–36
47 products (1%)
36–38
46 products (1%)
38–40
47 products (1%)
40 and above
407 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. The comparison here runs against the 5,429 Salted-snacks 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

Ripe olives, water, sea salt and ferrous gluconate (added to stabilize color).

Categories

Salted-snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Black olives

Neighbours outside Lindsay with screening scores in the same high band as Black olives (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lindsay; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Black olives has a shorter ingredient list than 96% of its Salted-snacks category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare another barcode with a similarly short ingredient list. Compare labels
  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

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

Barcode 0053800026312: 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.