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Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato

by Sol-Mex

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074734088931 · Sol-Mex · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074734088931 · Serving size 0.5 CAN (60 g)

The verdict

Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato by Sol-Mex scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Sardines, Tomato Juice, 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 4 analyzed
Group 1
Unprocessed
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

95/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 1

Unprocessed or minimally processed

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.

34088931 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G1 G1 unprocessed NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 70% PHOTO-FINISH Sol-Mex, Sardines With · ±0 BOOK-OFF …088931 · July 2026

None of the 4 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 34088931 · 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: Sol-Mex, Sardines With Chili In Tomato Sauce · Nearest score peer is Sol-Mex, Sardines With Chili In Tomato Sauce 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sol-mex, sardines in toma…100/1002. Sol-Mex, Sardines With Chili In Tomato Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sol-Mex, Sardines With Ch…100/1003. Maiz blanco: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Maiz blanco100/1004. White Hominy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. White Hominy100/1005. Hot Sauce, Habanero Pepper: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hot Sauce, Habanero Pepper100/100
High-band neighbours for Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato (100/100) outside Sol-Mex.
Chart values as text

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

Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato
100/100
Sol-Mex, Sardines With Chili In Tomato Sauce
100/100
Maiz blanco
100/100
White Hominy
100/100
Hot Sauce, Habanero Pepper
100/100

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. Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato 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

Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 30th percentile a longer ingredient list than 30% of the 4,524 products we track

0–2: 39 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,326 products (29%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,158 products (26%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 4 (30th 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

Sardines, tomato juice, water salt, chili.

Categories

Seafood Fishes and their products Canned foods Fishes Fatty fishes Canned fishes Sardines Canned sardines Sardines in tomato sauce

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato

Neighbours outside Sol-Mex with screening scores in the same high band as Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato (100/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Sol-Mex; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Sol-mex, sardines in tomato sauce, tomato has a shorter ingredient list than 70% of its Seafood category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare another barcode with a similarly short ingredient list. Compare labels
  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

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

Barcode 0074734088931: 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.