Safe

Jack mackerel in water

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073230000553 · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073230000553 · Serving size 0.333 cup (55 g)

The verdict

Jack mackerel in water scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 3 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Jack Mackerel, Water, Salt, 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 3 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.

30000553 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Jack mackerel in water label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 3 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 89% LEAD-FLAG Salt PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …000553 · July 2026

1 of 3 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Salt). Source sheet 30000553 · 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.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 12,141 products we've scored in the Canned foods category, the average safety score is 98.5/100. Jack mackerel in water scores 1.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.5/100), 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 Seafood products

Jack mackerel in water lists 3 ingredients on its label

3 11th percentile a longer ingredient list than 11% of the 4,524 products we track

0–2: 39 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,326 products (29%). This entry sits in this band. 4–6: 1,158 products (26%). Above this entry. 6–8: 327 products (7%). Above this entry. 8–10: 167 products (4%). Above this entry. 10–12: 156 products (3%). Above this entry. 12–14: 185 products (4%). Above this entry. 14–16: 129 products (3%). Above this entry. 16–18: 152 products (3%). Above this entry. 18–20: 124 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 112 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 74 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 77 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 75 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 53 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 52 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 37 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 25 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 20 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 180 products (4%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Seafood 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

4,524 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 3 (11th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
39 products (1%)
2–4
1,326 products (29%)
4–6
1,158 products (26%)
6–8
327 products (7%)
8–10
167 products (4%)
10–12
156 products (3%)
12–14
185 products (4%)
14–16
129 products (3%)
16–18
152 products (3%)
18–20
124 products (3%)
20–22
112 products (2%)
22–24
74 products (2%)
24–26
77 products (2%)
26–28
75 products (2%)
28–30
53 products (1%)
30–32
56 products (1%)
32–34
52 products (1%)
34–36
37 products (1%)
36–38
25 products (1%)
38–40
20 products (0%)
40 and above
180 products (4%)

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 4,524 Seafood 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

Jack mackerel, water, salt

Categories

Seafood Canned foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Jack mackerel in water's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 3-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Salt. Open Salt
  • Compare Jack mackerel in water'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 0073230000553: 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.