Safe

Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil

by Sea Tales

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0810046530160 · Sea Tales · Seafood. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0810046530160 · Serving size 3 oz (85g) drained

The verdict

Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil by Sea Tales scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Sardines 70, Sardina Pilchardus, Extra Virgin Olive Oil 28, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 4 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
0810046530160
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

80/100

Grade A-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

Processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

46530160 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 70% LEAD-FLAG Salt PHOTO-FINISH Charlie Cash Chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …530160 · July 2026

1 of 4 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Salt). Source sheet 46530160 · 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: Charlie Cash Chocolate Chip · Nearest score peer is Charlie Cash Chocolate Chip 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sardines in Extra Virgin …100/1002. Charlie Cash Chocolate Chip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Charlie Cash Chocolate Ch…100/1003. Happy Dad Death Row Records Hard Seltzer Grape: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Happy Dad Death Row Recor…100/1004. Happy Dad Fruit Punch Hard Seltzer: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Happy Dad Fruit Punch Har…100/1005. Beef birria quesadillas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Beef birria quesadillas100/100
High-band neighbours for Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil (100/100) outside Sea Tales.
Chart values as text

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

Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil
100/100
Charlie Cash Chocolate Chip
100/100
Happy Dad Death Row Records Hard Seltzer Grape
100/100
Happy Dad Fruit Punch Hard Seltzer
100/100
Beef birria quesadillas
100/100

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. Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil 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

Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 30th percentile a longer ingredient list than 30% of the 4,524 products we track

0–2: 39 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,326 products (29%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,158 products (26%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 327 products (7%). Above this entry. 8–10: 167 products (4%). Above this entry. 10–12: 156 products (3%). Above this entry. 12–14: 185 products (4%). Above this entry. 14–16: 129 products (3%). Above this entry. 16–18: 152 products (3%). Above this entry. 18–20: 124 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 112 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 74 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 77 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 75 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 53 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 52 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 37 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 25 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 20 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 180 products (4%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Seafood 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

4,524 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 4 (30th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
39 products (1%)
2–4
1,326 products (29%)
4–6
1,158 products (26%)
6–8
327 products (7%)
8–10
167 products (4%)
10–12
156 products (3%)
12–14
185 products (4%)
14–16
129 products (3%)
16–18
152 products (3%)
18–20
124 products (3%)
20–22
112 products (2%)
22–24
74 products (2%)
24–26
77 products (2%)
26–28
75 products (2%)
28–30
53 products (1%)
30–32
56 products (1%)
32–34
52 products (1%)
34–36
37 products (1%)
36–38
25 products (1%)
38–40
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.

Full Ingredient List

Sardines 70,8% (Sardina pilchardus), extra virgin olive oil 28,2%, salt.

Categories

Seafood Fishes and their products Canned foods Fishes Fatty fishes Canned fishes Sardines Canned sardines Sardines in oil Sardines in olive oil

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Neighbours outside Sea Tales with screening scores in the same high band as Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Sea Tales; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 4-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Salt. Open Salt
  • Compare Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil's 0 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 0810046530160: 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.