Safe

Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood

by Heritage Family Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0713456000585 · Heritage Family Foods · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0713456000585 · Serving size 1 cup (254 g)

The verdict

Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood by Heritage Family Foods scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Calcium Chloride. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

56000585 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Caramel Flan · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000585 · July 2026

14 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 56000585 · 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: Caramel Flan · Nearest score peer is Caramel Flan 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Jambalaya Base Peeled Shr…95/1002. Caramel Flan: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Caramel Flan95/1003. Mocha Coconut Flan: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mocha Coconut Flan95/1004. Caramel Flan: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Caramel Flan95/1005. Jugo Seasoning Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Jugo Seasoning Sauce95/100
High-band neighbours for Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood (95/100) outside Heritage Family Foods.
Chart values as text

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

Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood
95/100
Caramel Flan
95/100
Mocha Coconut Flan
95/100
Caramel Flan
95/100
Jugo Seasoning Sauce
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 50 (78th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Tomatoes
2
Tomato Juice
3
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
4
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
5
Water
6
Organic Onions
7
Celery
8
Bell Peppers
9
Corn Starch
10
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
11
Soybean Oil
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Butter
14
Cream
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Bleached Wheat Flour Enriched With Niacin
17
Reduced Iron
18
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Riboflavin And Folic Acid
20
Malted Barley Flour
21
Cooked Lobster
22
Shrimp
23
Crab And Clams
24
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
25
Potato
26
Clarified Butter Oil
27
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
28
Wheat Gluten Protein
29
Natural Flavors
30
Extract Of Shrimp
31
Yeast Extract
32
Dextrin Disodium Inosinate
33
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
34
Bonito
35
Fish
36
Onion Powder
37
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
38
Paprika
39
Cooked Beef And Beef Fat
40
Hydrolyzed Corn And Soy Proteins
41
Beef Broth
42
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
43
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
44
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
45
Carrot Powder
46
Garlic Powder
47
Beef Extract
48
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
49
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
50
Spices

Full Ingredient List

Tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, calcium chloride, citric acid), water, onions, celery, bell peppers, contains 25 or less of: modified corn starch, garlic, citric acid, soybean oil, sugar, butter (cream, salt), salt, bleached wheat flour enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid, malted barley flour, cooked lobster, shrimp, crab and clams, maltodextrin, dehydrated potato, clarified butter oil, hydrolyzed soy protein, wheat gluten protein, natural flavors (contains extract of shrimp, salt, yeast extract, dextrin disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), dehydrated bonito (fish), onion powder, xanthan gum, paprika, cooked beef and beef fat, hydrolyzed corn and soy proteins, beef broth, torula yeast, caramel color, lactic acid, carrot powder, garlic powder, beef extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, dehydrated garlic, spices.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood

Neighbours outside Heritage Family Foods with screening scores in the same high band as Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Heritage Family Foods; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Jambalaya Base Peeled Shrimp Or Seafood'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 0713456000585: 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.