Caution

Hot Sauce

by Maud Borup

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0819893024396 · Maud Borup · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0819893024396 · Serving size 1 tsp (5 ml)

The verdict

Hot Sauce by Maud Borup scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 9 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 9-component label led by Jalapeno Peppers, Peppers, Salt; 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 9 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

93024396 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hot Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 9 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 77% LEAD-FLAG Blue 1 PHOTO-FINISH Cotton Candy Cobwebs · ±0 BOOK-OFF …024396 · July 2026

4 of 9 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 1). Source sheet 93024396 · 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: Cotton Candy Cobwebs · Nearest score peer is Cotton Candy Cobwebs 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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 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. Hot Sauce: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hot Sauce75/1002. Cotton Candy Cobwebs: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cotton Candy Cobwebs75/1003. Gummy Bear: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gummy Bear75/1004. Gummy Candy Remote: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gummy Candy Remote75/1005. Cotton Candy: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cotton Candy75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hot Sauce (75/100 on 9 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Hot Sauce
75/100
Cotton Candy Cobwebs
75/100
Gummy Bear
75/100
Gummy Candy Remote
75/100
Cotton Candy
75/100

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. Hot Sauce scores 23.3 points below that category average (75/100 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

Hot Sauce lists 9 ingredients on its label

9 23rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 23% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Above this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Above this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 9 (23rd 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

Jalapeno peppers (peppers, salt), distilled vinegar, xanthan gum, granulated garlic, ascorbic acid (to retain flavor), fd&c blue 1, natural flavor.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Hot sauces Groceries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Hot Sauce

Neighbours outside Maud Borup near Hot Sauce's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Maud Borup; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 1 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hot Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 9-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 1. Open Blue 1
  • Compare Hot Sauce'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 0819893024396: 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.