Safe

Creole Sauce

by Bayou Brothers

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0091037609076 · Bayou Brothers · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0091037609076 · Serving size 0.25 cup (60 g)

The verdict

Creole Sauce by Bayou Brothers scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Tomato, Tomato Juice, Water. 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 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

37609076 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Creole Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Ascorbic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Meatball Sauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …609076 · July 2026

7 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ascorbic Acid). Source sheet 37609076 · 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: Meatball Sauce · Nearest score peer is Meatball Sauce 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Creole Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Creole Sauce100/1002. Meatball Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Meatball Sauce100/1003. Bayou Brothers, Cajun Pepper Jelly, Gotcha: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bayou Brothers, Cajun Pep…100/1004. Horseradish Vinaigrette: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Horseradish Vinaigrette100/1005. Sherry Shallot Vinaigrette: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sherry Shallot Vinaigrette100/100
High-band neighbours for Creole Sauce (100/100) outside Bayou Brothers.
Chart values as text

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

Creole Sauce
100/100
Meatball Sauce
100/100
Bayou Brothers, Cajun Pepper Jelly, Gotcha
100/100
Horseradish Vinaigrette
100/100
Sherry Shallot Vinaigrette
100/100

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. Creole Sauce scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Condiments products

Creole Sauce lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (99th 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

1
Tomato
2
Tomato Juice
3
Water
4
Organic Onions
5
Sweet Red & Green Pepper
6
Red Pepper Sauce
7
Red Cayenne Pepper
8
Dried Vinegar
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Guar Gum
11
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
12
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
13
Celery
14
Chicken Base
15
Oven Roasted Chicken With Natural Juices
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Corn Starch
18
Rendered Chicken Fat
19
Yeast Extract
20
Natural Flavors
21
Onions Powder. Rice Flour
22
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
23
From Corn
24
Turmeric Powder
25
Unsalted Butter
26
Cream
27
Flavoring
28
Tomato Paste
29
Green Onion
30
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
31
Worcestershire Sauce
32
Distilled White Vinegar
33
Molasses
34
Anchovies
35
Organic Cloves
36
Tamarind Extract
37
Flavorings
38
Chili Pepper Extract
39
Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
40
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
41
Spices
42
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved

Full Ingredient List

Tomato, tomato juice, water, onions, sweet red & green pepper, red pepper sauce [red cayenne pepper, vinegar, salt, guar gum, xanthan gum, ascorbic acid), celery, chicken base (oven roasted chicken with natural juices, salt, sugar, corn starch, rendered chicken fat, yeast extract, natural flavors, onions powder. rice flour, maltodextrin [from corn], turmeric powder), unsalted butter (cream, natural flavoring), tomato paste, green onion, garlic, worcestershire sauce (distilled white vinegar, molasses, water, sugar, onions, anchovies, salt, garlic, cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, chili pepper extract), expeller pressed canola oil, extra virgin olive oil, spices, salt, and xanthan gum.

Other products containing Oven Roasted Chicken With Natural Juices

Oven Roasted Chicken With Natural Juices is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Creole Sauce

Neighbours outside Bayou Brothers with screening scores in the same high band as Creole Sauce (100/100 here). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Bayou Brothers; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Creole Sauce has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Condiments 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 0091037609076: 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.