Concern

Blue crab pie

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0852403006062 · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0852403006062 · Serving size 0.5 PIE (72 g)

The verdict

Blue crab pie scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 59-component record, beginning with Blue Crab Meat, Mayonnaise, Soya. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 59 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

03006062 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Blue crab pie label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …006062 · July 2026

15 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 03006062 · 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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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 is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Blue crab pie scores 42.9 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Desserts products

Blue crab pie lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts 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

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Blue Crab Meat
2
Mayonnaise
3
Soya
4
Canola Oil
5
Egg Yolks
6
Dried Vinegar
7
Water
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Natural Flavors
11
Calcium Disodium
12
EDTA
Other
Safe
13
Pasteurized Whole Milk
14
Pie Dough
15
Enriched Flour Bleached
16
Wheat Flour
17
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
19
Thiamin Mononitrate
20
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
22
Partially Hydrogenated Lard With Bha And Bht To Protect Flavor
23
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Rice Flour
25
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
26
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Propionate
27
Preservatives
28
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
29
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
30
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Pasteurized Whole Eggs
32
Whole Eggs
33
0.15% Water Added As A Carrier For Citric Acid
34
Mozzarella Cheese
35
Pasteurized Milk
36
Enzymes
37
Cheddar Cheese
38
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
39
Annatto Color
40
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking
41
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
42
Natural Mold Inhibitor
43
Seafood Seasoning Blend
44
Ground Mustard
45
Ground Celery Seed
46
Ground Red Pepper
47
Paprika
48
Whole Thyme
49
Crushed Red Pepper
50
Unbleached
51
Unbromated Wheat Flour
52
Enriched With Niacin Reduced Iron
53
Thiamine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
54
Mononitrate
55
Palm Fruit And Canola Oils
56
Cultured Whey Starch
57
Cultured Whey
58
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
59
Vital Wheat Gluten

Full Ingredient List

Blue crab meat, mayonnaise (pure soya, canola oil, egg yolks, vinegar, water, salt, sugar, natural flavors, calcium disodium, edta [to protect quality]), pasteurized whole milk, pie dough (enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], partially hydrogenated lard with bha and bht to protect flavor, wheat starch, water. contains 2% or less of: salt, rice flour, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate and sodium propionate [preservatives], citric acid, yellow 5, red 40.), pasteurized whole eggs (whole eggs, citric acid [to preserve color], 0.15% water added as a carrier for citric acid), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, vinegar, enzymes, salt), cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color, potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking, natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), seafood seasoning blend (salt, ground mustard, ground celery seed, ground red pepper, paprika, whole thyme, crushed red pepper), pie dough (unbleached, unbromated wheat flour [enriched with niacin reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], palm fruit and canola oils, wheat starch, water, sugar, cultured whey starch, cultured whey, salt, dextrose, vital wheat gluten, xanthan gum, citric acid, rice flour.)

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Blue crab pie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Blue crab pie's 2 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 0852403006062: 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.