Caution

Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack

by Mama’s Choice

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0888127002585 · Mama’s Choice · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0888127002585 · Serving size 1 portion (30 g)

The verdict

Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack by Mama’s Choice scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 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 49-component record, beginning with Seasoned Shredded Calamari, Wheat Flour, Corn Oil. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0888127002585
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

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.

27002585 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Aloe Vera Drink · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002585 · July 2026

12 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 27002585 · 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: Aloe Vera Drink · Nearest score peer is Aloe Vera Drink 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.

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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Light & Crispy Fried Cala…85/1002. Aloe Vera Drink: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Aloe Vera Drink85/1003. English muffins: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. English muffins85/1004. Cranberry Bagels: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cranberry Bagels85/1005. Whole Grain English Muffins: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Whole Grain English Muffi…85/100
High-band neighbours for Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack (85/100) outside Mama’s Choice.
Chart values as text

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

Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack
85/100
Aloe Vera Drink
85/100
English muffins
85/100
Cranberry Bagels
85/100
Whole Grain English Muffins
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Seasoned Shredded Calamari
2
Wheat Flour
3
Corn Oil
4
Canola Oil
5
Corn Starch
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
8
Rice Flour
9
Monosodium L-glutamate
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Egg White Powder
12
D-xylose
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Listed
13
Steviol Glycoside
14
D-sorbitol
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Trehalose
16
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
17
Glacial Acetic Acid
18
Organic Red Pepper Paste
19
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
20
Brewed Soy Sauce
21
Tomato Powder
22
Yeast
23
Roasted Garlic Powder
24
Chicken Flavor Powder
25
Cayenne Pepper Sauce Powder
26
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
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
Yeast Extract
30
Toasted Onion Powder
31
Calcium Phosphate-tribasic
32
Dl-malic Acid
33
Licorice Extract Powder
34
Chicken Oil
35
Oleoresin Paprika
36
Curry Powder
37
Ginger Powder
38
Enzyme-modified Stevol Glycosides
39
Oleoresin Capsicum
40
Black Pepper Powder
41
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
42
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
43
Calcium Phosphate-monobasic
44
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
45
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
46
Calamari
47
Wheat
48
Soybean
49
Phenylalanine

Full Ingredient List

SEASONED SHREDDED CALAMARI, WHEAT FLOUR, CORN OIL, CANOLA OIL, CORN STARCH, SUGAR CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: GARLIC, RICE FLOUR, MONOSODIUM L-GLUTAMATE, SALT, EGG WHITE POWDER, D-XYLOSE, STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE, D-SORBITOL, TREHALOSE, WHEAT STARCH, GLACIAL ACETIC ACID, RED PEPPER PASTE, POWDERED SOY SAUCE, BREWED SOY SAUCE, TOMATO POWDER, YEAST, ROASTED GARLIC POWDER, CHICKEN FLAVOR POWDER, CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE POWDER, SILICON DIOXIDE, DISODIUM 5'-RIBONUCLEOTIDE, CITRIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, TOASTED ONION POWDER, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE-TRIBASIC, DL-MALIC ACID, LICORICE EXTRACT POWDER, CHICKEN OIL, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, CURRY POWDER, GINGER POWDER, ENZYME-MODIFIED STEVOL GLYCOSIDES, OLEORESIN CAPSICUM, BLACK PEPPER POWDER, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE-MONOBASIC, CALCIUM LACTATE, ASPARTAME. CONTAINS: CALAMARI, WHEAT, SOYBEAN, EGG. PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE.

Categories

Snacks Salty snacks Appetizers Biscuits and crackers Crackers (Appetizers) Plain salty snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack

Neighbours outside Mama’s Choice with screening scores in the same high band as Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack (85/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Mama’s Choice; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Light & Crispy Fried Calamari Snack'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 0888127002585: 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.