Crab Salad
Crab Salad by Salads of the Sea has 14 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Crab Salad draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 14 of its 14 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Crab Salad sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
imitation crab, water, wheat starch, sugar, sorbitol, contains 2% or less of: mirin, natural and artificial crab flavor, egg whites, modified corn starch, sodium tripolyphosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, soy protein isolate, carrageenan, sodium acid pyrophosphate, color added, soy sauce, sour cream, cultured cream, skim milk, whey, food starch-modified, gelatin, salt, sodium citrate, citric acid, lactic acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, mustard, distilled vinegar, lemon juice concentrate, horseradish, soybean oil, egg yolks, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, salt, xanthan gum, calcium disodium edta, paprika, spices, phosphoric acid, polysorbate 80, lemon oil, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika extract
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Crab Salad: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.1/5.
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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 14.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Salads of the Sea
- Barcode
- 0026971353204
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Crab Salad's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.1/5, Crab Salad sits ahead of 58% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Crab Salad?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Crab Salad's 4.1/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.