Imitation Bacon Bits
by Always Save
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070038335429 · Always Save · Groceries. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Imitation Bacon Bits by Always Save scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Textured Soy Flour, Vegetable Oil, Canola Oil Or High Oleic Sunflower Oil; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 13 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- E
- 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
43/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
70/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
E
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.
38335429 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Imitation Bacon Bits label screening desk
4 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 38335429 · 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 Kosher Dill · Nearest score peer is Whole Kosher Dill at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.
Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 26,994 products we've scored in the Groceries category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Imitation Bacon Bits scores 28.3 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 98.3/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Groceries products
Imitation Bacon Bits lists 13 ingredients on its label
13 54th percentile a longer ingredient list than 54% of the 41 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 1 products (2%)
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- 2 products (5%)
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- 4 products (10%)
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- 5 products (12%)
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- 3 products (7%)
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- 2 products (5%)
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- 5 products (12%)
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- 2 products (5%)
- 24–26
- 2 products (5%)
- 38 and above
- 1 products (2%)
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 41 Groceries 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 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 13 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL OR HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, FD&C RED NO. 40, EXTRACTIVES OF ROSEMARY, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE (FLAVOR ENHANCER), TOCOPHEROLS (AS AN ANTIOXIDANT)
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Imitation Bacon Bits
Neighbours outside Always Save near Imitation Bacon Bits's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Always Save; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 13 on 0070038335429).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (13 on 0070038335429).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Imitation Bacon Bits's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
- Compare Imitation Bacon Bits's 2 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 0070038335429: 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.