Icelandic, Crunchy Golden Breaded Fish Cakes
Contains 3 flagged ingredients
Icelandic, Crunchy Golden Breaded Fish Cakes by High Liner Foods receives a safety score of 45/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 3 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Icelandic, Crunchy Golden Breaded Fish Cakes by High Liner Foods carries a composite safety score of 45/100, which we classify as "Avoid" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 3 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Icelandic, Crunchy Golden Breaded Fish Cakes is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of C reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 45/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 3 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | C | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Cod, pollock, whiting, haddock, flounder, salmon (atlantic, chum &/or pink), tilapia, catfish, blue whiting, hoki, striped pangasius, arctic char, halibut, water, enriched flour (wheat flour, bleached wheat flour, yellow corn flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), modified food starch, dehydrated potatoes (potatoes, mono & diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate and citric acid added as a preservative), bleached wheat flour, salt, sugar, yellow corn flour, vegetable oil (canola &/or soybean &/or partially hydrogenated soybean &/or cottonseed &/or sunflower oil), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dehydrated vegetables (onion, red bell pepper), nonfat milk, iodized salt, enriched yellow corn meal (corn meal, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat flour, white corn flour, disodium guanylate and disodium inosinate, dextrose, wheat starch, onion, partially hydrogenated soybean oil with tbhq, mono & diglycerides, yeast, autolyzed yeast extract, corn starch, barley malt, eggs, garlic, whey, natural and artificial flavor, corn syrup solids, defatted soy flour, parsley, whole cone hops, rice flour, colored with oleoresin paprika, annatto and turmeric extracts, sesame seeds, brewer's yeast, select grains, citric acid, powdered cellulose, caramel color, maltose syrup, sodium citrate, lemon juice, spice extractive, cellulose gum, guar gum, olive oil, corn grits, yellow 5, bha & bht (preservative), wheat, soybean hull fiber, yellow 6, methylcellulose, calcium propionate (preservative), lactic acid, maltodextrin, gum arabic, sodium tripolyphosphate (to retain moisture). fried in soybean oil.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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