Safe

Marinara Sauce

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450153026 · Hy-Vee · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450153026 · Serving size 0.5 cup (125 g)

The verdict

Marinara Sauce by Hy-Vee scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Tomatoes, Diced Tomatoes, Tomato Juice. 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 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

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.

50153026 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Marinara Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Disodium Guanylate PHOTO-FINISH Premium Belgian Chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …153026 · July 2026

10 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Disodium Guanylate). Source sheet 50153026 · 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: Premium Belgian Chocolate · Nearest score peer is Premium Belgian Chocolate 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 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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Marinara Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Marinara Sauce100/1002. Premium Belgian Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Premium Belgian Chocolate100/1003. White chocolate with strawberries: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. White chocolate with stra…100/1004. Zoet, Milk Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Zoet, Milk Chocolate100/1005. No sugar added 54% cacao dark chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. No sugar added 54% cacao …100/100
High-band neighbours for Marinara Sauce (100/100) outside Hy-Vee.
Chart values as text

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

Marinara Sauce
100/100
Premium Belgian Chocolate
100/100
White chocolate with strawberries
100/100
Zoet, Milk Chocolate
100/100
No sugar added 54% cacao dark chocolate
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. Marinara Sauce 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

Marinara Sauce lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 37 (98th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Tomatoes
2
Diced Tomatoes
3
Tomato Juice
4
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
5
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
6
Water
7
Tomato Paste
8
Soybean Oil
9
Onion
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Minced Garlic
12
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
13
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
14
Food Starch-modified
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
17
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
18
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
19
Cottonseed
20
Soybean
21
Dehydrated Parsley
22
Chicken Flavor
23
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
24
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
25
Chicken Fat
26
Sodium Phosphate
27
Spices
28
Natural Flavors
29
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
30
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
31
Basil Leaves
32
Black Pepper
33
Fennel
34
Rosemary
35
Yeast Extract
36
Onion Powder
37
Red Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Tomatoes (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), water, tomato paste, soybean oil, onion, sugar, minced garlic (garlic, water, phosphoric acid), food starch-modified, salt, dehydrated garlic, hydrolyzed corn protein (hydrolyzed corn protein, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed, soybean]), parsley, chicken flavor (hydrolyzed corn gluten, salt, maltodextrin, chicken fat, sodium phosphate, spices, sugar, natural flavors, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), basil leaves, black pepper, fennel, rosemary, yeast extract, onion powder, red pepper.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Marinara Sauce

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee with screening scores in the same high band as Marinara Sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Marinara Sauce has a longer ingredient list than 98% 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 0075450153026: 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.