Appleton Farms
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Appleton Farms, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Appleton Farms averages 88.2/100 across the 33 of 99 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 69.7% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 88.2/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 33 scored products
- 99
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 69.7%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 58.6%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 99 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins GOURMET DELI SELECTION PROSCIUTTO • PEPPER SALAMI • HOT CALABRESE; Diced Prosciutto; Spicy Bite Size Dry Salami; 69.7% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 88.2/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 33 of 99 tracked Appleton Farms records (33.3%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 66 cannot be screened, so the 88.2/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Appleton Farms
Appleton Farms: 99 products tracked, 33 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 88.2/100, 69.7% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 33.3% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Processing mix (NOVA)
Appleton Farms processing intensity
Appleton Farms's NOVA-classified set is 29 products: 58.6% ultra-processed (Group 4, 17 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 17. That ultra-processed share sits 19.7 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Appleton Farms shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Appleton Farms concentrates in Meats and their products (18, 90% of this top-five); Beverages and beverages preparations (1); Snacks (1).
- Meats and their products 18
- Beverages and beverages preparations 1
- Snacks 1
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (88.2/100) summarizes 33 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Appleton Farms product score distribution
Brand average 88.2/100 across 33 scored products
88 39th percentile sits above 39% of the 33 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 70–80
- 3 scored products (9%)
- 80–90
- 20 scored products (61%)
- 100 and above
- 10 scored products (30%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Appleton Farms uses most
Across the 33 Appleton Farms products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 20. Only 1,491 other brands here use it (4.2%), which makes it a more particular choice than the flags that dominate the catalogue. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Appleton Farms products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 20 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Sodium Nitrate | 4 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sucralose | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 33 concern-sorted Appleton Farms records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (7 ingredients and 85/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 33
- Median label
- 7 ingredients
- Median score
- 85/100
The outlined point is GOURMET DELI SELECTION PROSCIUTTO • PEPPER SALAMI • HOT CALABRESE, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (2). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- GOURMET DELI SELECTION PROSCIUTTO • PEPPER SALAMI • HOT CALABRESE: 21 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Diced Prosciutto: 8 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Spicy Bite Size Dry Salami: 24 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Fully Cooked Bacon Slices: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bite Size Dry Salami: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium Sliced Bacon: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sliced Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Naturally Hardwood Smoked Fully Cooked Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Maple Flavored Bacon: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Thick Sliced Bacon: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- PREMIUM SLICED BACON: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- PREMIUM SLICED BACON: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Lower Sodium Bacon: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Lower Sodium Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Center Cut Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Center Cut Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Thicked sliced bacon hardwood smoked: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Full Cooked Bacon Thick Cut Slices: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- APPLEWOOD BACON: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Applewood Smoked Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bite Size Dry Salami: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Spicy Italian Dry Salami: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Lower Sodium Bacon: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium Pork Sausage: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Turkey bacon: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Uncured Canadian Bacon: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Black Forest Beef Stick: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chicken Fajita: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Rotisserie Chicken: 27 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Dry-Cured Ham Prosciutto: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Pork Sausage: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pork Sausage: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Sliced Bacon: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Appleton Farms
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 49 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Appleton Farms: closest on tracked product count (99 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (88.2/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Appleton Farms food safe? ▼
Appleton Farms has an average safety score of 88/100 across the 33 of 99 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 69.7% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Appleton Farms products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 99 Appleton Farms products. 33 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 66 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Appleton Farms catalog? ▼
Appleton Farms has 29 NOVA-classified products; 58.6% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 17 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Appleton Farms catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Appleton Farms concentrates in Meats and their products (18, 90% of this top-five); Beverages and beverages preparations (1); Snacks (1).
Does Appleton Farms use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Appleton Farms items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Appleton Farms profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with GOURMET DELI SELECTION PROSCIUTTO • PEPPER SALAMI • HOT CALABRESE, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 20 scored Appleton Farms products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Appleton Farms's 88.2/100 average and 69.7% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
