Safe

Olive Tapenade

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00986977 · Trader Joe's · Prepared-olives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00986977 · Serving size 2 tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

Olive Tapenade by Trader Joe's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Black Olives, Water, Salt. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00986977 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Olive Tapenade label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-RARE Ascorbic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Sweet Cream Topped · ±0 BOOK-OFF …986977 · July 2026

5 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ascorbic Acid). Source sheet 00986977 · 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: Sweet Cream Topped with Cocoa Wafer Bites · Nearest score peer is Sweet Cream Topped with Cocoa Wafer Bites 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Olive Tapenade: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Olive Tapenade100/1002. Sweet Cream Topped with Cocoa Wafer Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sweet Cream Topped with C…100/1003. Bueno white: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bueno white100/1004. Kinder joy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kinder joy100/1005. Nutella, hazelnut spread with cocoa, hazelnut: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nutella, hazelnut spread …100/100
High-band neighbours for Olive Tapenade (100/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Olive Tapenade
100/100
Sweet Cream Topped with Cocoa Wafer Bites
100/100
Bueno white
100/100
Kinder joy
100/100
Nutella, hazelnut spread with cocoa, hazelnut
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Olive Tapenade lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 28 (84th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Full Ingredient List

BLACK OLIVES (BLACK OLIVES, WATER, SALT, FERROUS, GLUCONATE (TO STABILIZE COLOR)), GREEN OLIVES, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID (TO PRESERVE), LACTIC, ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN COLOR), PIMIENTOS (PIMIENTO, PEPPERS, WATER, CITRIC ACID) (ACIDIFIER), CAPERS, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT), DIJON MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR,, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SEA SALT, WHITE WINE, CITRIC ACID, SACIDIFIER), TURMERIC (FOR COLOR), BLACK PEPPER), LEMON JUICE, CONCENTRATE, MARJORAM, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, BLACK PEPPER

Categories

Prepared-olives

High-score cross-brand comparables for Olive Tapenade

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Olive Tapenade (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Olive Tapenade has a longer ingredient list than 84% of its published 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 00986977: 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.