Concern

Lobster bisque soup, lobster bisque

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450089677 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450089677 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Lobster bisque soup, lobster bisque scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 58-component record, beginning with Water, Whipping Cream, Cream. 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 58 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

60/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

50089677 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lobster bisque soup, lobster bisque label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Bromate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …089677 · July 2026

10 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bromate). Source sheet 50089677 · 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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Lobster bisque soup, lobster bisque scores 33.6 points below that category average (60/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Lobster bisque soup, lobster bisque lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 58 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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

How the 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Whipping Cream
3
Cream
4
Milk
5
Vitamin D3
6
Lobster
7
Food Starch-modified
8
Tomato Paste
9
Seafood Base
10
Sauteed Seafood And Natural Seafood Stock
11
Crab
12
Stock
13
Shrimp
14
Clams
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Butter
17
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
18
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
19
Palm Oil
20
Shrimp Powder
21
2% Or Less Of Potato Starch
22
Yeast Extract
23
Spice
24
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
25
Onion Powder
26
Paprika
27
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
28
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Extractives Of Paprika
30
Natural Flavors
31
Cod Liver Oil
32
Soybean Oil
33
Soy Lecithin
34
Calcium Disodium Edta
35
Preservative
36
Canola Oil. May Contain Crustaceans
37
Flour
38
Bleached Wheat Flour
39
Potassium Bromate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Avoid Approved
40
Enzyme
41
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
42
Cooking Sherry
43
Wine
44
Potassium Sorbate And Potassium Metabisulfite
45
Preservatives
46
Liquid Shortening
47
High Oleic Canola Oil
48
Soybean Oil
49
Soybean Lecithin
50
Natural And Artificial Butter Flavor
51
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
52
Beta Carotene
53
Color
54
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
55
Chicken Broth
56
Chicken Flavor
57
Natural Flavor
58
Nisin Preparation
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Water, whipping cream (cream), milk (milk, vitamin d3), lobster, food starch-modified, tomato paste, seafood base (sauteed seafood and natural seafood stock [crab, stock, lobster, shrimp, clams], salt, butter [cream, lactic acid], maltodextrin, palm oil, shrimp powder, 2% or less of potato starch, yeast extract, spice, citric acid, onion powder, paprika, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, sodium tripolyphosphate, extractives of paprika, natural flavors, cod liver oil, soybean oil, soy lecithin, calcium disodium edta [preservative], lactic acid, soybean oil and/or canola oil. may contain crustaceans), flour (bleached wheat flour, potassium bromate, enzyme), sugar, cooking sherry (wine, salt, potassium sorbate and potassium metabisulfite [preservatives]), liquid shortening (high oleic canola oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, soybean lecithin, natural and artificial butter flavor, tbhq, citric acid, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), chicken broth, chicken flavor (chicken broth, flavor, salt), salt, nisin preparation (preservative).

Categories

Meals Soups

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Bromate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lobster bisque soup, lobster bisque's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Bromate. Open Potassium Bromate
  • Compare Lobster bisque soup, lobster bisque's 2 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 0075450089677: 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.