Safe

Carne Asada Autentica

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0275977818464 · Trader Joe's · Beef-product. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0275977818464 · Serving size 1 portion (112 g)

The verdict

Carne Asada Autentica by Trader Joe's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Boneless Beef Sirloin, Trimmed, Water. 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 30 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.

77818464 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Carne Asada Autentica label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-RARE Sodium Lactate PHOTO-FINISH Island jerk seasoning · ±0 BOOK-OFF …818464 · July 2026

5 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Lactate). Source sheet 77818464 · 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: Island jerk seasoning · Nearest score peer is Island jerk seasoning 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. Carne Asada Autentica: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Carne Asada Autentica100/1002. Island jerk seasoning: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Island jerk seasoning100/1003. Jbi, Island Jerk Seasoning, Spicy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Jbi, Island Jerk Seasonin…100/1004. Jamaica Bahamas Imports, Curry Powder: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Jamaica Bahamas Imports, …100/1005. Pesto al Tartufo: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pesto al Tartufo100/100
High-band neighbours for Carne Asada Autentica (100/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Carne Asada Autentica
100/100
Island jerk seasoning
100/100
Jbi, Island Jerk Seasoning, Spicy
100/100
Jamaica Bahamas Imports, Curry Powder
100/100
Pesto al Tartufo
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Carne Asada Autentica lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 30 (86th 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

BONELESS BEEF SIRLOIN (TRIMMED), WATER, SEASONING (SALT, SPICES [INCLUDING PAPRIKA, BLACK PEPPER, CAYENNE, CUMIN], DEXTROSE, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED ONION, ORANGE JUICE POWDER [CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, ORANGE JUICE SOLIDS, ORANGE OIL], LIME JUICE POWDER [CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LIME JUICE SOLIDS, LIME OIL], BELL PEPPER POWDER, CILANTRO FLAKES, SOY SAUCE POWDER [MALTODEXTRIN, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), SUNFLOWER OIL, WITH NO MORE THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE AS ANTI-CAKING AGENT), SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM LACTATE, CONTAINS SOY, WHEAT.

Categories

Beef-product

High-score cross-brand comparables for Carne Asada Autentica

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Carne Asada Autentica (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

Carne Asada Autentica has a longer ingredient list than 86% 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 0275977818464: 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.