Safe

Spaghetti

by Viet Way

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0081652083818 · Viet Way · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0081652083818 · Serving size 73.5g

The verdict

Spaghetti by Viet Way scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 54-component record, beginning with Rice, Tapioca Starch, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 54 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0081652083818
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

52083818 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spaghetti label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-RARE Starch PHOTO-FINISH Soba Buckwheat Noodle · ±0 BOOK-OFF …083818 · July 2026

12 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Starch). Source sheet 52083818 · 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: Soba Buckwheat Noodle · Nearest score peer is Soba Buckwheat Noodle 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Spaghetti: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Spaghetti100/1002. Soba Buckwheat Noodle: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Soba Buckwheat Noodle100/1003. Bean Thread Ermicelli: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bean Thread Ermicelli100/1004. Oriental style noodle (Assi Chajangguksu): 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Oriental style noodle (As…100/1005. Assi, oriental style noodle (pasta): 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Assi, oriental style nood…100/100
High-band neighbours for Spaghetti (100/100) outside Viet Way.
Chart values as text

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

Spaghetti
100/100
Soba Buckwheat Noodle
100/100
Bean Thread Ermicelli
100/100
Oriental style noodle (Assi Chajangguksu)
100/100
Assi, oriental style noodle (pasta)
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Spaghetti scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Spaghetti lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 54 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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
Rice
2
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Msg
6
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose As Stabilizer
7
Flavor Enhancers
8
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
9
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
10
Artificial Běef Flavor
11
Flavorings
12
Nature Identical
13
Maize Maltodextrin
14
Medium čHain Triglycerides
15
From Coconut Fatty Ačids
16
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
17
Corn Starch
18
Moisture
19
Powder
20
Soybeans
21
Spice
22
Liquorice
23
Cinnaṁon
24
Fennel Seeds
25
Coriander Seeds
26
Organic Cardamom
27
Anise
28
Organic Cloves
29
Cellulose As Stabilizer. Natural Flavoríng Substances
30
Nature - Identical Flavoring Substances
31
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Soybeans Protein
33
Water
34
Chili
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
šAlt
37
Starch
Thickener
Safe
38
Acidity Regulators
39
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
40
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
41
Preservatives
42
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Sodium Benzoatě
44
Soybeans Oil
45
Extracted
46
Onion
47
Organic Ginger
48
Artificial Beef Flavor
49
Vegetable Fat/oil
50
Citríc Acid
51
çAramel For Coloring
52
Fd&c Yello#6
53
Food Color
54
Carmines

Full Ingredient List

Rice, Tapioca starch, Sugar, Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Carboxymethyl cellulose as stabilizer, Salt, Sugar, Flavor Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium inosinate, Disodium guanylate), Artificial běef flavor [Flavorings (Nature identical, Natural), Maize maltodextrin, Salt, Medium čhain triglycerides (from coconut fatty ačids), Silicon dioxide, Modified corn starch, Moisture], Powder [Soybeans, Spice (Liquorice, Cinnaṁon, Fennel seeds, Coriander seeds, Cardamom, Anise, Cloves)], Cellulose as Stabilizer. Natural flavoríng substances, Nature - Identical flavoring substances, Tocopherols). Soybeans protein, Dehydrated spring onion. Chili sauce: Water, Sugar, Chili, Garlic, Šalt, Modified starch, Acidity regulators (Acetic Acid, Citric Acid), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoatě), Artificial food color Oil pack: Soybeans oil, Extracted (Onion, Ginger, Chili), Artificial beef flavor (Vegetable fat/oil, Citríc Acid, Çaramel for coloring, Silicon dioxide.(FD&C Yello#6), Natural food color (Carmines).

Categories

Meals Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Soups Dried meals Dehydrated soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Spaghetti

Neighbours outside Viet Way with screening scores in the same high band as Spaghetti (100/100 here). No other Viet Way products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Spaghetti has a longer ingredient list than 88% of its Meals 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 0081652083818: 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.