Emerils, creole creations seafood jambalaya
by Emerils
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Emerils, creole creations seafood jambalaya by Emerils receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Emerils, creole creations seafood jambalaya by Emerils carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Emerils, creole creations seafood jambalaya is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of C reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 85/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | C | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Water, shrimp (shrimp, water, salt, sodium tripolyphosphate [used to maintain moisture]), rice, onions, celery, green bell pepper, roux (enriched flour [bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid], vegetable oil [cotton seed oil with no additives]), crushed tomatoes (crushed tomatoes, tomato puree, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), smoked kielbasa (pork, water, salt, garlic, paprika, white pepper, black pepper), rendered chicken fat, tomato paste, green onions, lightly salted butter (cream, salt), cultured dextrose, garlic, chicken bouillon (salt, autolyzed yeast extract, chicken fat and dehydrated chicken meat, maltodextrin, palm fat, hydrolyzed corn protein, spices and natural coloring [turmeric], dehydrated onions, palm oil, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, citric acid, natural flavors), roasted chicken base (chicken meat including natural chicken juices, salt, sugar, chicken flavor [autolyzed yeast extract, chicken broth], chicken fat, yeast extract, dried whey [milk], potato flour, dried onion, natural flavor, turmeric), food starch modified, ham base (ham, water added [ham, water, dextrose, salt, corn syrup solids, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite], salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, sugar, dried onion and garlic, natural smoke flavor, corn starch, corn oil, soy flour, spice extractive, smoke flavor, soy flour, spice extractive), salt, paprika, seasoning (salt, spices, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, chili pepper, enriched bleached wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid]), nisin preparation, soy lecithin powder, charoil hickory
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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