Hunts Nutri-Score B NOVA 3

Tomato Sauce

Tomato Sauce: 5/5 ingredient safety

Tomato Sauce by Hunts 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 B.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Vegetable-based foods and beverages / Condiments / Vegetables based foods / Sauces / Tomato sauces

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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Tomato Sauce has 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 Tomato Sauce 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
B
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

Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Water, Less than 2% of: Salt, Citric Acid, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Red Pepper.

Product Details

Brand
Hunts
Barcode
0027000390238
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
Germany,United States,World

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Frequently asked questions

Is Tomato Sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Tomato Sauce's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

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