Caution

Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch

by Starkist

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0080000515902 · Starkist · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0080000515902 · Serving size 1 pouch (74 g)

The verdict

Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch by Starkist scores 85/100 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 Light Meat Tuna, Salad Dressing, 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 30 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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00515902 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Coconut Creamer · ±0 BOOK-OFF …515902 · July 2026

6 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00515902 · 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: Coconut Creamer · Nearest score peer is Coconut Creamer at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch85/1002. Coconut Creamer: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Coconut Creamer85/1003. Zero Creamer Hazelnut Latte: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Zero Creamer Hazelnut Lat…85/1004. Rich milk chocolate: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rich milk chocolate85/1005. Cold foam Italian sweet crème: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cold foam Italian sweet c…85/100
High-band neighbours for Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch (85/100) outside Starkist.
Chart values as text

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

Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch
85/100
Coconut Creamer
85/100
Zero Creamer Hazelnut Latte
85/100
Rich milk chocolate
85/100
Cold foam Italian sweet crème
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 12,141 products we've scored in the Canned foods category, the average safety score is 98.5/100. Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch scores 13.5 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 98.5/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Seafood products

Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 56 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 30 (92nd 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.

Full Ingredient List

Light meat tuna, salad dressing (water, vegetable oil, pasteurized eggs, vinegar, modified) food starch [corn], salt, xanthan um, citric acid, natural onion and garlic flavors, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate [preservatives], edta, natural flavor), water, distilled white vinegar, sunflower oil, sugar, buttermilk solids, modified food starch (corn), salt, monosodium glutamate, xanthan gum, natural flavors, spices, onion powder, titanium dioxide, citrus fiber, garlic powder, natural smoke flavor.

Other products containing And Xanthan Um

And Xanthan Um is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Seafood Fishes and their products Canned foods Fishes Fatty fishes Canned fishes Tunas Canned tunas

High-score cross-brand comparables for Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch

Neighbours outside Starkist with screening scores in the same high band as Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Starkist; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch'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 Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Tuna Creations Bacon Ranch'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 0080000515902: 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.