Caution

Malher, pepian style sauce

by Malher

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0089674087111 · Malher · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0089674087111 · Serving size 1 Tbsp (16 g)

The verdict

Malher, pepian style sauce by Malher scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 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 38-component record, beginning with Mixture Of Seeds, Sesame, Pumpkin And Antioxidant. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 38 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

74087111 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Malher, pepian style sauce label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Yus De Toki, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …087111 · July 2026

9 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 74087111 · 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: Yus De Toki, Myrtle Fruit Drink Mix · Nearest score peer is Yus De Toki, Myrtle Fruit Drink Mix 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Malher, pepian style sauce: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Malher, pepian style sauce70/1002. Yus De Toki, Myrtle Fruit Drink Mix: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Yus De Toki, Myrtle Fruit…70/1003. Shimmer Color Gumballs: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Shimmer Color Gumballs70/1004. Shimmer Color Gumballs: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Shimmer Color Gumballs70/1005. Gumballs: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Gumballs70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Malher, pepian style sauce (70/100 on 38 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Malher, pepian style sauce
70/100
Yus De Toki, Myrtle Fruit Drink Mix
70/100
Shimmer Color Gumballs
70/100
Shimmer Color Gumballs
70/100
Gumballs
70/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Malher, pepian style sauce scores 28.3 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Malher, pepian style sauce lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 38 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Mixture of seeds (sesame, pumpkin and antioxidant), wheat flour, rice flour, tomato, cornmeal, salt, monosodium glutamate (flavor enhancer), cilantro, mixed peppers (ancho pepper and guajillo pepper), sugar, margarine (water, salt, milk, monoglycerides, diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate, sorbic acid, butter flavor, beta carotene color, citric acid, tbhq, bht and bha), disodium inosinate (scent enhancer), silicon dioxide (anti caking agent), citric acid (acidity regulator), chicken fat*, spices, natural flavor (onion) and tbhq (antioxidant).

Other products containing Bht And Bha

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

Categories

Condiments Groceries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Malher, pepian style sauce

Neighbours outside Malher near Malher, pepian style sauce's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Malher; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Malher, pepian style sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Malher, pepian style sauce'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 0089674087111: 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.