Safe

Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce

by Asian Gourmet

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0076606540493 · Asian Gourmet · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0076606540493 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (34 g)

The verdict

Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce by Asian Gourmet scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup. 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 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0076606540493
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

06540493 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Haddon house, mesquite · ±0 BOOK-OFF …540493 · July 2026

8 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 06540493 · 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: Haddon house, mesquite liquid smoke · Nearest score peer is Haddon house, mesquite liquid smoke 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Asian gourmet, spicy szec…95/1002. Haddon house, mesquite liquid smoke: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Haddon house, mesquite li…95/1003. Original Tartar Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original Tartar Sauce95/1004. Barbecue Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Barbecue Sauce95/1005. Roasted Red Pepper and Gouda Soup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Roasted Red Pepper and Go…95/100
High-band neighbours for Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce (95/100) outside Asian Gourmet.
Chart values as text

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

Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce
95/100
Haddon house, mesquite liquid smoke
95/100
Original Tartar Sauce
95/100
Barbecue Sauce
95/100
Roasted Red Pepper and Gouda Soup
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. Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan 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

Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 30 (95th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 30 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
4
Red Jalapeno Peppers And Red Chili Peppers
5
Hydrolyzed Corn And Soy Proteins
6
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Soybeans
9
White Distilled Vinegar
10
Tomato Paste
11
Sherry
12
Rice
13
Wheat Flour
14
Organic Onions
15
Sesame And Soybeans Oils
16
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
17
Spices
18
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
19
Beet Powder
20
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
21
Paprika
22
Organic Ginger
23
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
24
Preservative
25
Natural And Artificial Flavors
26
Organic Licorice Root
27
Autolyzed Yeast
28
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
29
Calcium Disodium Edta
30
Retains Product Freshness

Full Ingredient List

Water, sugar, corn syrup, red jalapeno peppers and red chili peppers, hydrolyzed corn and soy proteins, garlic, salt, soybeans, white distilled vinegar, tomato paste, sherry, rice, wheat flour, onions, sesame and soybeans oils, caramel color, spices, citric acid, beet powder, xanthan gum, paprika, ginger, sodium benzoate (preservative), natural and artificial flavors, licorice root, autolyzed yeast, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, calcium disodium edta (retains product freshness).

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce

Neighbours outside Asian Gourmet with screening scores in the same high band as Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Asian Gourmet; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Asian gourmet, spicy szechuan 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 0076606540493: 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.