Caution

Reduced fat seafood cheese spread

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0615433180085 · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0615433180085 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (27 g)

The verdict

Reduced fat seafood cheese spread scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 79 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 79-component record, beginning with Regular And Reduced Fat Cream Cheese, Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 79 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

33180085 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Reduced fat seafood cheese spread label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 79 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …180085 · July 2026

18 of 79 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 33180085 · 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

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 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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Reduced fat seafood cheese spread scores 22.8 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 97.8/100), 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 Dairies products

Reduced fat seafood cheese spread lists 79 ingredients on its label

79 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Dairies product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 79 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 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 21,438 Dairies 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 79 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Regular And Reduced Fat Cream Cheese
2
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
3
Cheese Culture
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Carob Bean Gum
6
Imitation Crabmeat
7
Fish Protein Of Pollock
8
Whiting
9
Cod
10
Threadfin Bream
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Polyphosphate
13
Water
14
Corn/wheat Starch
15
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
16
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Soybean Oil
18
Mirin
19
Flavoring Substances
20
Glucose Syrup
21
Ethyl Alcohol
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
22
Natural Crab Extract
23
Flavoring
24
Msg
25
Ribonucleotides
26
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
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
28
Crab Flavor
29
Natural Flavor
30
Glycerine
31
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
32
Carmine And Paprika
33
Regular And Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
34
Soybean
35
Canola Oil
36
Egg Yolks
37
Dried Vinegar
38
Spices And Oleoresin Paprika
39
Spice Extract
40
For Freshness
41
Imitation Cheddar Cheese
42
Soybean Oil
43
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
44
Modified Food Starch
45
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
46
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
47
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
48
Guar Gum
49
Tricalcium Phosphate
50
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
51
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
52
Sodium Citrate
53
Disodium Phosphate
54
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
55
Artificial Coloring
56
Artificial Flavoring
57
Anti-caking Agent
58
Cheddar Cheese Sauce
59
Cheese Whey
60
Aged Cheddar Cheese
61
Cultured Milk
62
Enzymes
63
Annatto Color
64
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
65
Corn Starch-modified
66
Or Less Of Sodium Phosphate
67
Yeast Extract
68
Monoglycerides
69
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
70
Pimientos
71
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
72
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
73
Dried Vinegar
74
Natural Butter Flavor
75
Granulated Garlic
76
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
77
Nonfat Milk
78
Dehydrated Parsley
79
Lemon Juice Concentrate And Spices

Full Ingredient List

Regular and reduced fat cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), imitation crabmeat (fish protein of pollock, whiting, cod and/or threadfin bream, sugar, polyphosphate), water, corn/wheat starch, tapioca starch, sugar, sorbitol, salt, soybean oil, mirin (flavoring substances, water, glucose syrup, ethyl alcohol), crab extract (natural flavoring, glucose syrup, water, salt, monosodium glutamate, ribonucleotides, potassium sorbate, xanthan gum), crab flavor (natural flavor, flavoring substances, water, glucose syrup, ethyl alcohol, glycerine, ribonucleotides, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate), calcium carbonate, carmine and paprika], regular and reduced fat mayonnaise [soybean and/or canola oil, egg yolks, vinegar, water, salt, sugar, spices and oleoresin paprika, spice extract (for freshness)], imitation cheddar cheese (water, hydrogenated soybean oil, casein, modified food starch, sodium aluminum phosphate, salt, maltodextrin, lactic acid, guar gum, tricalcium phosphate, calcium propionate, citric acid, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate, calcium sulfate, artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, anti-caking agent), cheddar cheese sauce [water, cheese whey, aged cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), partially hydrogenated soybean oil, corn starch-modified, contains 2% or less of sodium phosphate, salt, yeast extract, monoglycerides, lactic acid, annatto color, fd&c yellow no. 6, maltodextrin, natural flavor], pimientos, water, and citric acid), corn syrup, water, dried vinegar, natural butter flavor, granulated garlic, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, salt, nonfat dried milk, spice extract, parsley, lemon juice concentrate and spices.

Categories

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Reduced fat seafood cheese spread's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 79-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
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Barcode 0615433180085: 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.