falafel bites
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0827578002218. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
falafel bites scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Hauffez Trempette Avant De Réchauffer, Les Deux Plaques De Cuisson Seront Chaudes Ulez Avec Prudence, Veuillez Servir Avec La Trempette Au Tahini Accompagnée. 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.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 35 analyzed
- 0827578002218
- 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
100/100
Grade A+
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
N/A
NOVA food-processing classification
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.
78002218 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
falafel bites label screening desk
2 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Garlic). Source sheet 78002218 · 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
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.
This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
falafel bites lists 35 ingredients on its label
35 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 359,392 products we track
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
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- 6,050 products (2%)
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- 24,522 products (7%)
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- 31,054 products (9%)
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- 24,508 products (7%)
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- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
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- 7,955 products (2%)
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- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 products (7%)
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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
hauffez trempette avant de réchauffer, Placez la plaque sur une plaque de cuisson sous-doublée pour la soutenir au centre du four pendant en tes ou jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit bien chaude, Les deux plaques de cuisson seront chaudes ulez avec prudence, Veuillez servir avec la trempette au tahini accompagnée, Mélangez tahini avant de déguster, Si désiré, de l'eau peut être ajoutée à la sauce tahini pour ado re, MICRO-ONDES: Enlevez la pellicule de plastique et la trempette avant de chauffer, Pla allant au four au micro-ondes à puissance élevée pendant 1 minute 30 secondes ou ju soit bien chaud, Le plateau sera chaud, maintenez avec prudence et soutenez le platea e le retirer du four micro-ondes, Veuillez servir avec la trempette au Tahini accompagné ez la sauce tahini avant de déguster, Si désiré, de l'eau peut être ajoutée à la sauce tar loucir la texture, DIENTS: Falafel: Chickpeas, Onions, Garlic, Salt, Spices, Parsley, Cilantro, Sesame, Sauce: Tahini, Garlic, Lemon, Contains: Sesame, DIENTS: Falafel: Pois Chiches, Oignon, Ail, Sel, Épices, Persil, Coriandre, Sesame, Sauce: Tahini, Ail, Citron, Contains: Sésame, actured by / Fabriqué Par: Delcato Foods Inc hme Ave, Toronto, Ontario M4B 1Y9 Delcato,com Our trays are made with recycled PET and can be recycled, Nos plateaux sont fabriqués avec du PET recyclé et peuvent être recyclées, KEEP FROZEN AND GARDER CONGELÉ ET
Other products containing Pois Chiches
Pois Chiches is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
falafel bites has a longer ingredient list than 90% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Garlic first, then work through the remaining 35 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0827578002218: 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.