Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad
by Starkist
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0080000521484 · Starkist · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad by Starkist scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Light Tuna In Water, Water Chestnuts, Sugar. 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.
- 80/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 35 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- B
- 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
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
80/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
B
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.
00521484 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad label screening desk
10 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00521484 · 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: Carnation instant breakfast no sugar added chocolate · Nearest score peer is Carnation instant breakfast no sugar added chocolate 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.
The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.
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
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. Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad scores 18.5 points below that category average (80/100 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
Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad lists 35 ingredients on its label
35 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 4,524 products we track
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Distribution as text
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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 80/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Light tuna in water, water chestnuts, sugar, celery, mustard flour, mustard seed, modified food starch, corn maltodextrin, salt, cellulose gel, egg yolk, citric acid, onion powder, titanium dioxide, yeast extract, garlic powder, Dijon mustard (mustard seed, distilled vinegar, salt, white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid, spices), modified corn starch, natural flavor, guar gum, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, xanthan gum, autolyzed yeast extract, carrageenan, dextrose, turmeric, vinegar powder, white distilled vinegar, fish (tuna), egg.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad
Neighbours outside Starkist with screening scores in the same high band as Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Starkist; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 35 on 0080000521484).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (35 on 0080000521484).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
- Compare Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Tuna Salad'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 0080000521484: 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.