Giant Eagle Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper

Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper by Giant Eagle has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Seafood / Fishes and their products / Canned foods / Fishes / Fatty fishes / Canned fishes / Tunas / Canned tunas / Tuna chunks

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
A
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Skipjack tuna, water, sugar, salt, lemon flavor, lemon juice, modified tapioca starch, citric acid, cracked black pepper, vegetable broth (pea, carrot), guar gum, turmeric (color).

Product Details

Barcode
0030034962098
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Giant Eagle

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Frequently asked questions

How does Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper sits ahead of 71% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Light tuna flavored with lemon pepper's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, which is 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.