Safe

Bbq sauce

by King's Hawaiian

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073435050100 · King's Hawaiian · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073435050100 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (36 g)

The verdict

Bbq sauce by King's Hawaiian scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-component record, beginning with Water, Sugar, Organic Tomato Puree. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 53 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

35050100 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bbq sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-RARE Potassium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Hawaiian Sweet Rolls · ±0 BOOK-OFF …050100 · July 2026

8 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Chloride). Source sheet 35050100 · 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: Hawaiian Sweet Rolls · Nearest score peer is Hawaiian Sweet Rolls 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 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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Bbq sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bbq sauce100/1002. Hawaiian Sweet Rolls: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hawaiian Sweet Rolls100/1003. Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea…100/1004. Cuñapecitos Crocantes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cuñapecitos Crocantes100/1005. Burrito: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Burrito100/100
High-band neighbours for Bbq sauce (100/100) outside King's Hawaiian.
Chart values as text

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

Bbq sauce
100/100
Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
100/100
Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt
100/100
Cuñapecitos Crocantes
100/100
Burrito
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Bbq sauce scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Bbq sauce lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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

1
Water
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Organic Tomato Puree
4
Tomato Paste
5
Distilled Vinegar
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Organic Hawaiian Yellow Ginger
8
Bacon
9
Cured With Water
10
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
11
Sodium Nitrite. May Also Contain Smoke Flavoring
12
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
13
Brown Sugar
14
Sodium Phosphates
15
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
16
Flavoring
17
Bacon Fat
18
Rendered Bacon Fat
19
Natural Flavor
20
Rosemary Extract
21
Added To Improve Stability
22
Worcestershire Sauce
23
Apple Cider Vinegar
24
Molasses
25
Wheat-free Tamari
26
Soybeans
27
Evaporated Cane Juice
28
Lemon Juice Concentrate
29
Ginger Puree
30
Tamarind
31
Chili Pepper
32
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
33
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
34
Shiitake Mushrooms
35
Allspice
36
Organic Cloves
37
Orange Extract
38
Lemon Extract
39
Natural Smoke Flavor
40
Onion Flavor
41
Mustard
42
Mustard Seed
43
Turmeric
44
Paprika
45
Spices
46
Bacon Flavor
47
Yeast Extract
48
Sunflower Oil
49
Anti Dusting Agent
50
Onion
51
Modified Food Starch
52
Cultured Dextrose
53
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

Full Ingredient List

Water, sugar, tomato puree (tomato paste, water), distilled vinegar, salt, less than 2% of: organic hawaiian yellow ginger, bacon (cured with water, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. may also contain smoke flavoring, sugar, dextrose, brown sugar, sodium phosphates, potassium chloride, flavoring), bacon fat (rendered bacon fat, natural flavor (rosemary extract) added to improve stability], worcestershire sauce [apple cider vinegar, molasses, wheat-free tamari (soybeans, salt), water, evaporated cane juice, salt, lemon juice concentrate, ginger puree, tamarind, chili pepper, garlic*, xanthan gum, shiitake mushrooms, allspice, cloves, orange extract, lemon extract, natural smoke flavor, natural onion flavor], mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spices), molasses, bacon flavor [yeast extract, salt, natural smoke flavor, sunflower oil (anti dusting agent)], natural flavor, garlic*, onion*, spices, modified food starch, cultured dextrose, maltodextrin, dextrose, onion, natural flavor, garlic, xanthan gum.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bbq sauce

Neighbours outside King's Hawaiian with screening scores in the same high band as Bbq sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within King's Hawaiian; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Bbq sauce has a longer ingredient list than 100% of its Condiments category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0073435050100: 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.