Safe

Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce

by NOH Foods of Hawaii

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073562045109 · NOH Foods of Hawaii · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073562045109 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (34 g)

The verdict

Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce by NOH Foods of Hawaii scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Organic Tomato Puree, Water, Tomato Paste. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 28 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

62045109 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-SPARSE 14% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Hula-Hula Cooking Sauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …045109 · July 2026

4 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 62045109 · 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: Hula-Hula Cooking Sauce and Marinade · Nearest score peer is Hula-Hula Cooking Sauce and Marinade 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce95/1002. Hula-Hula Cooking Sauce and Marinade: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hula-Hula Cooking Sauce a…95/1003. Hawaiian Bar-B-Q Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hawaiian Bar-B-Q Sauce95/1004. Annie's Organic Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toaster Pastries with Frosting 6 Count: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Annie's Organic Brown Sug…95/1005. Hawaiian Iced Tea: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hawaiian Iced Tea95/100
High-band neighbours for Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce (95/100) outside NOH Foods of Hawaii.
Chart values as text

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

Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce
95/100
Hula-Hula Cooking Sauce and Marinade
95/100
Hawaiian Bar-B-Q Sauce
95/100
Annie's Organic Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toaster Pastries with Frosting 6 Count
95/100
Hawaiian Iced Tea
95/100

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. Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 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

Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 27,084 products 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%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 28 (93rd 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.

Full Ingredient List

Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), brown sugar, sugar, distilled white vinegar, salt, worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, sugar, molasses, salt, water, onions, anchovies, garlic, cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, and chili pepper extract), yellow mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spices), red pepper, liquid smoke, crushed red pepper flakes, spices, caramel color, garlic powder, onion powder.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce

Neighbours outside NOH Foods of Hawaii with screening scores in the same high band as Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within NOH Foods of Hawaii; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Hawaiian bar-b-q sauce's 1 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 0073562045109: 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.