Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño
Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño by Trader Joe's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Condiments / Sauces / Tartare sauces / Groceries
How This Score Is Built
Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño 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 Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
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
Water, expeller pressed canola oil, sweet pickle relish (cured cucumbers, cauliflower, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, bell peppers, celery seed, mustard seed, turmeric, xanthan gum), egg whites, creole mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, spices), jalapenos (red jalapenos, salt, acetic acid), egg yolk, horseradish (grated horseradish roots, distilled vinegar, water, salt, soybean oil, modified corn starch, citric acid, flavoring), corn starch, lemon juice concentrate, onions, distilled vinegar, salt, garlic puree, dill, xanthan gum, spice, oleoresin paprika.
Product Details
- Brand
- Trader Joe's
- Barcode
- 00381086
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Trader Joe's
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Frequently asked questions
How does Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño's 5/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Tartar Sauce with dill & jalapeño's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.