Caution

Margarina

by La Favorita

Open Food Facts label for barcode 7861048616249 · La Favorita · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 7861048616249 · Serving size 220g

The verdict

Margarina by La Favorita scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Mezcla De Aceites Vegetales, Soya, Palmiste Y Palma. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

48616249 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Margarina label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-SPARSE 5% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Pork & Pineapple · ±0 BOOK-OFF …616249 · July 2026

1 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 48616249 · 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: Pork & Pineapple Slow Smoked Pork Sausage · Nearest score peer is Pork & Pineapple Slow Smoked Pork Sausage 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Margarina: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Margarina85/1002. Pork & Pineapple Slow Smoked Pork Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pork & Pineapple Slow Smo…85/1003. Original Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original Smoked Sausage85/1004. Green Onion: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Green Onion85/1005. Smoked Pork Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Smoked Pork Sausage85/100
High-band neighbours for Margarina (85/100) outside La Favorita.
Chart values as text

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

Margarina
85/100
Pork & Pineapple Slow Smoked Pork Sausage
85/100
Original Smoked Sausage
85/100
Green Onion
85/100
Smoked Pork Sausage
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Margarina scores 12.7 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Margarina lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 21 (79th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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

Mezcla de Aceites vegetales (Soya, Palmiste y Palma), Agua Purificada, Sal, Leche entera en polvo, Emulsificantes (Mono y Diglicéridos de ácidos grasos, Lecitina de Soya), Conservante (Benzoato de Sodio), Acidulante (Ácido Cítrico), Saborizante artificial idéntico al natural Mantequilla - Leche, Secuestrante (E.D.T.A.), Antioxidante (BHT), Colorante idéntico al Natural (B-Caroteno). CONTIENE LECHE, LACTOSA Y SOYA. CODIGO BPM: 0063-HNA-1117

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Dairies Plant-based foods Fats Spreads Spreadable fats Animal fats Dairy spreads Milkfat Butters Salted butters

High-score cross-brand comparables for Margarina

Neighbours outside La Favorita with screening scores in the same high band as Margarina (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within La Favorita; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Margarina's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Margarina'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 7861048616249: 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.