Safe

Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce

by Lee Kum Kee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078895160543 · Lee Kum Kee · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078895160543

The verdict

Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce by Lee Kum Kee scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 17 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 17-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Abalones, Oyster Sauce. 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 17 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

95160543 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 17 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Beef Shepherd's Pie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …160543 · July 2026

4 of 17 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 95160543 · 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: Beef Shepherd's Pie · Nearest score peer is Beef Shepherd's Pie 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 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Abalone in Premium Oyster…95/1002. Beef Shepherd's Pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beef Shepherd's Pie95/1003. Classic Italian Meatballs With Spaghetti And Marinara Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Classic Italian Meatballs…95/1004. Barbecue Salmon With Roasted Sweet Potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Barbecue Salmon With Roas…95/1005. Big y, sweet & salty granola bars, almond: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Big y, sweet & salty gran…95/100
High-band neighbours for Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce (95/100) outside Lee Kum Kee.
Chart values as text

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

Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce
95/100
Beef Shepherd's Pie
95/100
Classic Italian Meatballs With Spaghetti And Marinara Sauce
95/100
Barbecue Salmon With Roasted Sweet Potatoes
95/100
Big y, sweet & salty granola bars, almond
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 5,679 products we've scored in the Seafood category, the average safety score is 99.2/100. Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce scores 4.2 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 99.2/100), 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 Seafood products

Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce lists 17 ingredients on its label

17 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 124 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 112 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 74 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 77 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 75 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 53 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 17 (79th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 17 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

WATER, ABALONES, OYSTER SAUCE (OYSTER EXTRACT (OYSTERS, WATER, SALT), SUGAR, WATER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE AS A FLAVOR ENHANCER, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEAT FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR), SOY SAUCE (WATER, DEFATTED SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT), MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT. CONTAINS WHEAT, SOYBEANS

Other products containing Monosodium Glutamate As A Flavor Enhancer

Monosodium Glutamate As A Flavor Enhancer is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Seafood Mollusc Abalone

High-score cross-brand comparables for Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce

Neighbours outside Lee Kum Kee with screening scores in the same high band as Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lee Kum Kee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Abalone in Premium Oyster Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 17-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Abalone in Premium Oyster 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 0078895160543: 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.