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Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp

by Old Bay

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070328010418 · Old Bay · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070328010418 · Serving size 1/4 tsp (0.8 g)

The verdict

Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp by Old Bay scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Celery Salt, Salt, Celery Seed; 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 7 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

28010418 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-SPARSE 14% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 62% LEAD-FLAG Salt PHOTO-FINISH Old Bay Seasoning · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010418 · July 2026

1 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Salt). Source sheet 28010418 · 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: Old Bay Seasoning 12/6 OZ imp · Nearest score peer is Old Bay Seasoning 12/6 OZ imp 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.

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.

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. Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Garlic & Herb Old Bay Sea…100/1002. Old Bay Seasoning 12/6 OZ imp: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Old Bay Seasoning 12/6 OZ…100/1003. Steelhead Trout: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Steelhead Trout100/1004. Dam Tuh Food Co, Citron Tea With Honey: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Dam Tuh Food Co, Citron T…100/1005. Roulette: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Roulette100/100
High-band neighbours for Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp (100/100) outside Old Bay.
Chart values as text

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

Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp
100/100
Old Bay Seasoning 12/6 OZ imp
100/100
Steelhead Trout
100/100
Dam Tuh Food Co, Citron Tea With Honey
100/100
Roulette
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 38th percentile a longer ingredient list than 38% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Above this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Above this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Above this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 7 (38th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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

Celery salt (salt, celery seed), spices (including paprika, black pepper), and red pepper.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Condiments Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp

Neighbours outside Old Bay with screening scores in the same high band as Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Old Bay; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Salt. Open Salt
  • Compare Garlic & Herb Old Bay Seasoning imp's 0 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 0070328010418: 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.