Safe

Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang

by Daesang

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450091502 · Daesang · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450091502 · Serving size 1 tbsp (19 g)

The verdict

Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang by Daesang scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 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 32-component record, beginning with Glucose-fructose, Organic Red Pepper Paste, Corn Syrup. 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 32 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.

50091502 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Potassium Sorbate PHOTO-FINISH Hy vee medium · ±0 BOOK-OFF …091502 · July 2026

8 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Sorbate). Source sheet 50091502 · 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: Hy vee medium chunky salsa · Nearest score peer is Hy vee medium chunky salsa 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. Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Korean gochujang sauce, k…100/1002. Hy vee medium chunky salsa: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hy vee medium chunky salsa100/1003. Plain feta reduced fat crumbled cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Plain feta reduced fat cr…100/1004. Lightly Slated Party Peanuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lightly Slated Party Pean…100/1005. Honey roasted peanuts, honey: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Honey roasted peanuts, ho…100/100
High-band neighbours for Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang (100/100) outside Daesang.
Chart values as text

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

Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang
100/100
Hy vee medium chunky salsa
100/100
Plain feta reduced fat crumbled cheese
100/100
Lightly Slated Party Peanuts
100/100
Honey roasted peanuts, honey
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. Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang 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

Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 32 (96th 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

Glucose-fructose, red pepper paste (corn syrup, rice, red pepper paste [red chili pepper, water, sea salt, garlic, onion], water, sea salt, soybean paste [water, soybean, fermented soybean, roasted soybean, salt, malted rice or malted wheat], rice wine, red pepper powder, malted rice or malted wheat), water, canola oil, tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, sugar, dehydrated garlic, distilled vinegar, garlic, modified corn starch, salt, spice extract, citric acid, dehydrated onion, potassium sorbate (preservative), chili powder, spices, herbs.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Hot sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang

Neighbours outside Daesang with screening scores in the same high band as Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Daesang; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Korean gochujang sauce, korean gochujang has a longer ingredient list than 96% 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 0075450091502: 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.