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Pork kartinas

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0079893003474. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0079893003474 · Serving size 1 cup (200 g)

The verdict

Pork kartinas scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 55-component record, beginning with Pork Carnitas, Seasoned Pork And Binder Product, Pork. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0079893003474
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

93003474 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pork kartinas label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …003474 · July 2026

17 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 93003474 · 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.

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.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Pork kartinas lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Pork Carnitas
2
Seasoned Pork And Binder Product
3
Pork
4
Water
5
Canola Oil
6
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
8
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
9
Sodium Phosphates
10
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
12
Potassium Phosphates
13
Cola Syrup
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
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
16
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
17
Natural Flavors
18
Seasoning
19
Corn Syrup Solids
20
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
21
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
22
Orange Juice Solids
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Spices
25
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
26
Vinegar Solids
27
Corn Starch
28
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
29
Salted Butter
30
Cream
31
Red Rice
32
Enriched Parboiled Rice
33
Organic Long Grain Rice
34
Iron Phosphate
35
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Thiamin Mononitrate
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Tomatoes
39
Onion
40
Tomato Sauce
41
Organic Tomato Puree
42
Red Pepper
43
Onion
44
Natural Flavor
45
Chicken Base
46
Chicken Meat Including Chicken Juices
47
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
48
Potato Flour
49
Flavoring
50
Dry Whey
51
Carrot Powder
52
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
53
Serrano Pepper
54
Cultured Dextrose
55
Cilantro

Full Ingredient List

Pork carnitas (seasoned pork and binder product [pork, water, canola oil, tapioca starch (modified tapioca starch, carrageenan, sodium phosphates), sea salt, caramel color, potassium phosphates], water, cola syrup [water, sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, caffeine, natural flavors], seasoning (corn syrup solids, maltodextrin, dehydrated garlic, orange juice solids, salt, spices, citric acid, vinegar solids, modified corn starch, malic acid, natural flavors], salted butter [cream, salt]), red rice (water, enriched parboiled rice [long grain rice, iron phosphate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid], tomatoes, onion, tomato sauce [tomato puree, salt, red pepper, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, natural flavor, citric acid], chicken base [chicken meat including chicken juices, autolyzed yeast extract, potato flour, salt, flavoring, dry whey, sugar, carrot powder], canola oil, garlic, serrano pepper, cultured dextrose, sea salt, cilantro).

Other products containing Cola Syrup

Cola Syrup is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pork kartinas's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Pork kartinas's 2 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 0079893003474: 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.