Market District Nutri-Score E NOVA 3

Szechuan Sauce

Szechuan Sauce: 3/5 ingredient safety

Szechuan Sauce by Market District has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

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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 Szechuan Sauce, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Szechuan Sauce sits nationally

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

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

SUGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE]), PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS, COATED PEANUTS), WATER, CANOLA OIL, RICE VINEGAR, YELLOW RAW HONEY, SESAME OIL, GINGER, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), XAN

Product Details

Barcode
0030034093068
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Szechuan Sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Szechuan Sauce sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Szechuan Sauce's 3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Szechuan Sauce's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.