Hunt's Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb

Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb by Hunt's 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 B.

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

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Vegetable-based foods and beverages / Condiments / Meals / Vegetables based foods / Pasta dishes / Tomatoes and their products

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb 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
B
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

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, less than 2% of: salt, carrot fiber, dried carlic. citric acid, spices. parsley, basil sugar, natural flavors, sorbitol.

Product Details

Brand
Hunt's
Barcode
0027000500118
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
Germany,Spain,United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb rank on ingredient safety?

Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pasta Sauce Garlic & Herb'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.