Safe

The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic

by The Rib Doctor

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0852620000027 · The Rib Doctor · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0852620000027 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (32 g)

The verdict

The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic by The Rib Doctor scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Organic Tomato Puree, Water, Tomato Paste. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 34 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

20000027 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Hammer + Sickle, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000027 · July 2026

6 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 20000027 · 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: Hammer + Sickle, Russian Ginger Beer With Lime · Nearest score peer is Hammer + Sickle, Russian Ginger Beer With Lime 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.

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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. The rib doctor, bbq sauce…95/1002. Hammer + Sickle, Russian Ginger Beer With Lime: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hammer + Sickle, Russian …95/1003. Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Ice Cream With Peanut Butter Swirls, Peanut Butter Cup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Peanut Butter Cup Chocola…95/1004. soymilk: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. soymilk95/1005. Drink mix: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Drink mix95/100
High-band neighbours for The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic (95/100) outside The Rib Doctor.
Chart values as text

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

The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic
95/100
Hammer + Sickle, Russian Ginger Beer With Lime
95/100
Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Ice Cream With Peanut Butter Swirls, Peanut Butter Cup
95/100
soymilk
95/100
Drink mix
95/100

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. The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 34 (97th 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

Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), honey, brown sugar, onions, apple cider vinegar, worcestershire sauce (water, distilled vinegar, sugar, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, dehydrated garlic and onion, tamarind extract, spices, anchovy paste, flavorings), sugar, contains less than 2% of each of the following: chili pepper, salt, oregano, spices, corn starch, paprika, turmeric, garlic, soybean oil, cayenne pepper, lemon juice concentrate, tricalcium phosphate (prevents caking), paprika oleoresin (for color), natural flavor, citric acid, xanthan gum.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic

Neighbours outside The Rib Doctor with screening scores in the same high band as The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic (95/100 here). No other The Rib Doctor products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare The rib doctor, bbq sauce, honey classic'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 0852620000027: 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.