Product Insight: Jamaican Style Beef Patty
Jamaican Style Beef Patty by Caribbean Food Delights is tracked in PlainIngredients with 3 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3 out of 5 — a Mixed-Evidence tier where the regulatory picture is still evolving. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 1 ingredient sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
- Monosodium Glutamate — Safety score: 2/5
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
bread crumbs (wheat flour, salt, yeast), seasoning [(salt, soup base (dextrose, salt, corn starch, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (soybean), natural flavors, onions, spice blend, garlic, caramel color, palm oil), flavoring), monosodium glutamate, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt)), hot peppers, caramel color and thyme. crust: enriched unbleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, palm oil, sugar, salt, extractives of turmeric and annatto. contains: wheat, soy. caribbean food delights, inc. 117 route 303, suite b tappan, new york 10983 mow.caribbeanfooddelights.com questions lease provide best by production or comments visit us on the code on package.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Caribbean Food Delights
- Barcode
- 0036078100816
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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