Safe

Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread

by The Fresh Market Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0737094216023 · The Fresh Market Inc. · Fats. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0737094216023 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (27 g)

The verdict

Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread by The Fresh Market Inc. scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 38-component record, beginning with Dried Cream Cheese, Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream, Salt. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 38 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

94216023 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE · ±0 BOOK-OFF …216023 · July 2026

11 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 94216023 · 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: MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE · Nearest score peer is MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE 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 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. Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Smoked Salmon Seafood Spr…90/1002. MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE90/1003. Meatballs: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Meatballs90/1004. Sweetened Whipping Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sweetened Whipping Cream90/1005. Green Bean Casserole: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Green Bean Casserole90/100
High-band neighbours for Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread (90/100) outside The Fresh Market Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread
90/100
MEATBALLS HOMESTYLE
90/100
Meatballs
90/100
Sweetened Whipping Cream
90/100
Green Bean Casserole
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 6,337 products we've scored in the Fats category, the average safety score is 99.8/100. Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread scores 9.8 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 99.8/100), 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 Fats products

Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 788 products we track

0–2: 13 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 228 products (29%). Below this entry. 4–6: 41 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 47 products (6%). Below this entry. 8–10: 42 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 50 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 82 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 77 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 114 products (14%). Below this entry. 18–20: 31 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 17 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 4 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 9 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 30–32: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 32–34: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 3 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 10 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Fats 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

788 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 38 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
13 products (2%)
2–4
228 products (29%)
4–6
41 products (5%)
6–8
47 products (6%)
8–10
42 products (5%)
10–12
50 products (6%)
12–14
82 products (10%)
14–16
77 products (10%)
16–18
114 products (14%)
18–20
31 products (4%)
20–22
17 products (2%)
22–24
4 products (1%)
24–26
9 products (1%)
26–28
9 products (1%)
28–30
3 products (0%)
30–32
2 products (0%)
32–34
3 products (0%)
34–36
3 products (0%)
38–40
3 products (0%)
40 and above
10 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 788 Fats 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dried Cream Cheese
2
Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Stabilizers
5
Locust Bean And Guar Gums
6
Smoked Salmon
7
Salmon
8
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Evaporated Cane Juice
10
Sour Cream
11
Cultured Nonfat Milk
12
Cream
13
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Food Starch-modified
15
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Guar Gum
17
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
18
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
19
Locust Bean Gum
20
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Worcestershire Sauce
22
Distilled Vinegar
23
Molasses
24
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
25
Water
26
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
27
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Spices
29
Anchovy Puree
30
Natural Flavor
31
Soy And Tamarind
32
Garlic Powder
33
Onion Powder
34
Chives
35
Nonfat Milk
36
Dried Vinegar
37
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
38
Paprika And Carmine

Full Ingredient List

Cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, stabilizers {xanthan gum, locust bean and guar gums}, smoked salmon (salmon, sea salt, evaporated cane juice), sour cream (cultured nonfat milk, cream, contains less than 2% of whey, food starch-modified {corn}, sodium tripolyphosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, calcium sulfate, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate {preservative}, worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, salt, caramel color, sugar, potassium sorbate, spices, anchovy puree, natural flavor {contains soy} and tamarind), garlic powder, onion powder, chives, nonfat dried milk, dried vinegar, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, paprika and carmine.

Categories

Fats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread

Neighbours outside The Fresh Market Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Fresh Market Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Smoked Salmon Seafood Spread's 2 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 0737094216023: 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.