Safe

Lemongrass turmeric

by Mekhala

Open Food Facts label for barcode 8885009960201 · Mekhala · Groceries. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 8885009960201

The verdict

Lemongrass turmeric by Mekhala scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 6 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 6-component label led by Lemongrass, Shallots, Galangal" compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 6 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

09960201 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lemongrass turmeric label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 6 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 83% PHOTO-FINISH Orange double chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …960201 · July 2026

None of the 6 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 09960201 · 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: Orange double chocolate · Nearest score peer is Orange double chocolate 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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Lemongrass turmeric: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lemongrass turmeric100/1002. Orange double chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Orange double chocolate100/1003. Advanced Hair + Nail Care: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Advanced Hair + Nail Care100/1004. Nước Mầu: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nước Mầu100/1005. Quiche, Kale & Swiss: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Quiche, Kale & Swiss100/100
High-band neighbours for Lemongrass turmeric (100/100) outside Mekhala.
Chart values as text

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

Lemongrass turmeric
100/100
Orange double chocolate
100/100
Advanced Hair + Nail Care
100/100
Nước Mầu
100/100
Quiche, Kale & Swiss
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 26,994 products we've scored in the Groceries category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Lemongrass turmeric scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 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 Groceries products

Lemongrass turmeric lists 6 ingredients on its label

6 17th percentile a longer ingredient list than 17% of the 41 products we track

0–2: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 4 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 5 products (12%). Above this entry. 10–12: 5 products (12%). Above this entry. 12–14: 5 products (12%). Above this entry. 14–16: 3 products (7%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 18–20: 5 products (12%). Above this entry. 22–24: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 40 every published Groceries 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

41 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 6 (17th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (2%)
2–4
2 products (5%)
4–6
4 products (10%)
6–8
4 products (10%)
8–10
5 products (12%)
10–12
5 products (12%)
12–14
5 products (12%)
14–16
3 products (7%)
16–18
2 products (5%)
18–20
5 products (12%)
22–24
2 products (5%)
24–26
2 products (5%)
38 and above
1 products (2%)

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 41 Groceries 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

lemongrass*, shallots*, galangal", lime juice*, turmeric*, himalayan pink salt *organic ingredients

Categories

Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lemongrass turmeric

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

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Short-label peers (≤8 ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (6 on 8885009960201).

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Lemongrass turmeric has a shorter ingredient list than 83% of its Groceries category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
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  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 8885009960201: 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.