Safe

Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena

by Lucini Italia

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0648505302504 · Lucini Italia · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0648505302504 · Serving size 1 Tbsp (15 ml)

The verdict

Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena by Lucini Italia scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 3 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Wine Vinegar, Cooked Grape Must, Caramel Coloring, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 3 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

05302504 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-SHORT 3 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 97% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Everyday Balsamic Vinegar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …302504 · July 2026

1 of 3 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 05302504 · 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: Everyday Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena · Nearest score peer is Everyday Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena 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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of …95/1002. Everyday Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Everyday Balsamic Vinegar…95/1003. Creme Pie Filling: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Creme Pie Filling95/1004. Chocolate Creme Pie Filling: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate Creme Pie Filli…95/1005. WHITE CHOCOLATE MOCHA: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. WHITE CHOCOLATE MOCHA95/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena's 95/100 while 33% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena
95/100
Everyday Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena
95/100
Creme Pie Filling
95/100
Chocolate Creme Pie Filling
95/100
WHITE CHOCOLATE MOCHA
95/100

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. Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 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

Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena lists 3 ingredients on its label

3 3rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 3% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Above this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Above this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Above this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Above this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Above this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Above this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 3 (3rd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 3 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Wine vinegar, cooked grape must, caramel color

Categories

Condiments Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena

Neighbours outside Lucini Italia with screening scores in the same high band as Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lucini Italia; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 3-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Aged Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena's 1 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 0648505302504: 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.