Avoid

Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce

by Kataria Foods Int'L Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0814668000025 · Kataria Foods Int'L Inc. · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0814668000025 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce by Kataria Foods Int'L Inc. scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Water, Date Puree, Sugar; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 15 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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

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.

68000025 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 45% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Soda, Orange · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000025 · July 2026

6 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 68000025 · 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: Soda, Orange · Nearest score peer is Soda, Orange at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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

1. Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tamarind Date Chutney Sau…25/1002. Soda, Orange: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Soda, Orange25/1003. Easter Eggs Premium Sugar Cookie Mix: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Easter Eggs Premium Sugar…25/1004. Spring Fling Premium Cake Mix: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Spring Fling Premium Cake…25/1005. Duff goldman, charm city cakes, holiday twist premium cupcake mix: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Duff goldman, charm city …25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce (25/100 on 15 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce
25/100
Soda, Orange
25/100
Easter Eggs Premium Sugar Cookie Mix
25/100
Spring Fling Premium Cake Mix
25/100
Duff goldman, charm city cakes, holiday twist premium cupcake mix
25/100

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. Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce scores 73.3 points below that category average (25/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 55th percentile a longer ingredient list than 55% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 15 (55th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Water , date puree , sugar , tamarind paste modified corn strach , spices, salt, white vinegar (12% acetic acid), black salt, cumin powder , sodium benzoate (preservative), red 3 , yellow 5 , yellow 6

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce

Neighbours outside Kataria Foods Int'L Inc. in the same lower screening band as Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce (25/100). No other Kataria Foods Int'L Inc. products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Tamarind Date Chutney Sauce's 3 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 0814668000025: 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.