555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot
by Columbus Seafoods Corporation
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0748485200026 · Columbus Seafoods Corporation · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot by Columbus Seafoods Corporation scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 16 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 16-component label is layered, beginning with Sardines Tomato Sauce, Water, Tomato Paste. 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 16 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.
85200026 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot label screening desk
6 of 16 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Tapioca Starch). Source sheet 85200026 · 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: Sardines In Tomato Sauce · Nearest score peer is Sardines In Tomato Sauce 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.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 12,141 products we've scored in the Canned foods category, the average safety score is 98.5/100. 555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot scores 1.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.5/100), 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 Seafood products
555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot lists 16 ingredients on its label
16 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% of the 4,524 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 39 products (1%)
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- 1,326 products (29%)
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- 1,158 products (26%)
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- 327 products (7%)
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- 167 products (4%)
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- 20 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 180 products (4%)
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 4,524 Seafood 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
Full Ingredient List
Sardines tomato sauce (water, tomato paste), thickeners (cornstarch, tapioca starch, xanthan gum), salt, sugar, seasonings (garlic, cinnamon, ginger, paprika), soybean oil, monosodium glutamate and chili
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for 555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot
Neighbours outside Columbus Seafoods Corporation with screening scores in the same high band as 555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot (100/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Columbus Seafoods Corporation; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (16 on 0748485200026).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
555, Sardines In Tomato Sauce, Hot has a longer ingredient list than 77% of its Seafood category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Tapioca Starch first, then work through the remaining 16 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0748485200026: 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.