Hickory Sweet
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Hickory Sweet, 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
Hickory Sweet averages 85.0/100 across the 5 of 6 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 100.0% 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.
- 85.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 5 scored products
- 6
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 100.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- Meats and their products
- leading Open Food Facts shelf (4 products in the top five)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Read the compact shelf sample
This compact set is concrete enough to inspect item by item: Bacon, applewood smoked; Applewood Smoked Bacon; Thick Sliced Bacon. Its 85.0/100 average and 100.0% flagged-product share summarize just 6 records, so a single reformulation can move both figures sharply. Use the product links as a checklist; the brand aggregate is orientation, not a recall, allergy clearance, or promise about products missing from Open Food Facts.
Small captured catalog
Read the visible labels, not just the average
This is a small, fully labelled catalog with 6 tracked Hickory Sweet records. The list below shows 6 records that pass the catalog's display-quality filter. The visible sample includes Bacon, applewood smoked; Applewood Smoked Bacon; Thick Sliced Bacon. Because one reformulation can move a small-set average sharply, the individual labels are the primary evidence.
- Label coverage
- 83.3%
- Visible records
- 6
- Observed range
- 85–85
Next check: open a visible product whose current package you have and compare its ingredient panel with this snapshot.
What the Data Says About Hickory Sweet
Hickory Sweet: 6 products tracked, 5 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 85.0/100, 100.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
100.0% of the scored Hickory Sweet products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. That distribution is the primary finding; the average does not make those affected formulations "mostly safe." Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Hickory Sweet sits 7.8 points below that fleet-wide average.
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Hickory Sweet uses most
Across the 5 Hickory Sweet products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 5. 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 | Hickory Sweet products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 5 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
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 5 concern-sorted Hickory Sweet 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 (6 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
- 5
- Median label
- 6 ingredients
- Median score
- 85/100
The outlined point is Bacon, applewood smoked, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (1). 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
- Bacon, applewood smoked: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Applewood Smoked Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Thick Sliced Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Hardwood Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Fully Cooked Cubed Ham: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Hickory Sweet
Showing 6 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first).
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Hickory Sweet: closest on tracked product count (6 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (85/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
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 Hickory Sweet food safe? ▼
Hickory Sweet has an average safety score of 85/100 across the 5 of 6 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 100.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Hickory Sweet products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 6 Hickory Sweet products. 5 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 1 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
Does Hickory Sweet use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Hickory Sweet 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 Hickory Sweet 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 Bacon, applewood smoked, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (1) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 5 scored Hickory Sweet products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Hickory Sweet's 85.0/100 average and 100.0% 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.
