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Catfish breaded nuggets

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742253558 · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742253558 · Serving size 4 ONZ (113 g)

The verdict

Catfish breaded nuggets scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Atlantic Salmon, Red Thai Style Marinade, Water. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

78/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

42253558 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Catfish breaded nuggets label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Sodium Acetate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …253558 · July 2026

11 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Acetate). Source sheet 42253558 · 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

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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Catfish breaded nuggets scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Seafood products

Catfish breaded nuggets lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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%). Below this entry. 6–8: 327 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 167 products (4%). Below this entry. 10–12: 156 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 185 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 129 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 152 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 124 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 74 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 77 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 75 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 53 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 28 (91st 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Atlantic Salmon
2
Red Thai Style Marinade
3
Water
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
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
6
Sodium Acetate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
7
Sodium Citrate
8
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
11
Preservative
12
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
13
Onion
14
Chili
15
Paprika Powder
16
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
17
Dehydrated Parsley
18
Citrus Fiber
19
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
20
Coconut Milk Powder
21
Lemon Peel
22
Lemongrass Powder
23
Milk Protein
24
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Natural Flavor
26
Ginger Extract
27
Coriander Extract
28
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Atlantic salmon, red thai style marinade (water, salt, maltodextrin, sodium acetate, sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, sugar, sodium ascorbate [preservative], ascorbic acid, dried onion, chili, paprika powder, dried garlic, dried parsley, citrus fiber, citric acid, coconut milk powder, lemon peel, lemongrass powder, milk protein [sodium caseinate], natural flavor, ginger extract, coriander extract, silicon dioxide).

Categories

Seafood Frozen foods Frozen seafood

Read the longer label in layers

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Catfish breaded nuggets has a longer ingredient list than 91% of its Seafood 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 0078742253558: 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.