Salsa
Salsa by Margarita's Amigos has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 3
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How This Score Is Built
Salsa 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Salsa sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.
Full Ingredients List
TOMATOES (TOMATOES, TOMATO PUREE, CITRIC ACID), JALAPENOS (JALAPENO PEPPERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, TURMERIC), WATER YELLOW ONIONS, SALT, GARLIC, CILANTRO, CORN OIL AND SPICES
Product Details
- Brand
- Margarita's Amigos
- Barcode
- 0033954210959
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 3 — Processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Salsa above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Salsa's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Salsa's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Salsa's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, 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.