Hormel
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Hormel, 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
Hormel averages 89.1/100 across the 403 of 555 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 52.6% 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.
- 89.1/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 403 scored products
- 555
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 52.6%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 90.3%
- 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 555 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Snack Kit; Pepperoni, sausage & mozzarella & american cheese blend in a soft white wrap pizza, pepperoni & sausage pizza; Calabrese Salami; 52.6% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 89.1/100. 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 403 of 555 tracked Hormel records (72.6%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 152 cannot be screened, so the 89.1/100 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 Hormel
Hormel: 555 products tracked, 403 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 89.1/100, 52.6% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 72.6% 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 →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Hormel's 52.6% flagged share is 34.6 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Hormel processing intensity
Hormel's NOVA-classified set is 400 products: 90.3% ultra-processed (Group 4, 361 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 361. That ultra-processed share sits 12 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Hormel shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Hormel concentrates in Meats and their products (107, 58% of this top-five); Meals (41); Condiments (17); Sandwiches (10); Snacks (9).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meats and their products | 101 | 87.9/100 | 59.4% |
| Meals | 40 | 94.5/100 | 50% |
| Condiments | 17 | 88.5/100 | 29.4% |
| Sandwiches | 10 | 76.5/100 | 100% |
| Snacks | 9 | 84.4/100 | 33.3% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Hormel's 52.6% flagged share is measured across 403 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Hormel flagged share vs large-brand cohort
52.6% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
53% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. 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
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
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- 40%–50%
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- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (89.1/100) summarizes 403 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.
Hormel product score distribution
Brand average 89.1/100 across 403 scored products
89 26th percentile sits above 26% of the 403 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
- 0–10
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 30–40
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 40–50
- 3 scored products (1%)
- 50–60
- 41 scored products (10%)
- 60–70
- 4 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 10 scored products (2%)
- 80–90
- 90 scored products (22%)
- 90–100
- 62 scored products (15%)
- 100 and above
- 191 scored products (47%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Hormel uses most
Across the 403 Hormel products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 119. 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 | Hormel products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 119 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| BHT | 57 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| BHA | 54 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| Caramel Coloring | 54 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 34 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sodium Nitrate | 13 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Titanium Dioxide | 6 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| Sucralose | 4 | 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 50 concern-sorted Hormel 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 (14 ingredients and 55/100) 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
- 50
- Median label
- 14 ingredients
- Median score
- 55/100
The outlined point is Snack Kit, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (7). 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
- Snack Kit: 66 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Pepperoni, sausage & mozzarella & american cheese blend in a soft white wrap pizza, pepperoni & sausage pizza: 63 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 5 flagged.
- Calabrese Salami: 17 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Sopressata, Salami: 15 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Tuscan Brand Salami: 14 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Hormel, pizza ready, sauce & meat veggies, supreme: 28 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- Hormel, pizza ready sauce & meat, three meat: 34 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- Hormel, rev, wrap: 63 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- Pepperoni & Mozzarella & American Cheese Blend In A Soft White Wrap: 54 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- Italian style wrap: 59 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- Natural casing premium genoa salami: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Turkey Pepperoni: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Turkey Pepperoni: 15 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- PEPPERONI: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, pizza ready, pizza sauce & meat, mini pepperoni: 20 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni Bites: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Genoa Salami: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Turkey Pepperoni: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni Original: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, pepperoni, jalapeno: 16 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hard Salami: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, pepperoni: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Sliced Pepperoni: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni Diced: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, bacon & pork sausage, jalapeno: 34 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Sandwich Style Pepperoni: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Original Pepperoni: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni Stix: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni minis Original: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Genoa Salami: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni Original: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, pepperoni, original: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- hormel snack: 48 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, pepperoni snack bites, original: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- PEPPERONI: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Original pepperoni slices: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- CUP'N CRISP PEPPERONI: 15 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Premium pasteurized process cheddar and pepperoni cheese product, cheddar cheese & pepperoni: 19 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, compleats, cafe creations spicy italian sausage & pasta: 48 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, gatherings, chili cheese dip: 77 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Hormel, pizza ready, italian sausage: 16 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Med Pass 2.0 (Reduced Sugar) Vanilla: 54 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
Products by Hormel
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 505 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 Hormel: closest on tracked product count (555 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (89.1/100 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 Hormel food safe? ▼
Hormel has an average safety score of 89/100 across the 403 of 555 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 52.6% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Hormel products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 555 Hormel products. 403 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 152 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Hormel catalog? ▼
Hormel has 400 NOVA-classified products; 90.3% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 361 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Hormel catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Hormel concentrates in Meats and their products (107, 58% of this top-five); Meals (41); Condiments (17); Sandwiches (10); Snacks (9).
Does Hormel use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Hormel 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 Hormel 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 Snack Kit, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (7) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 119 scored Hormel products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Hormel's 89.1/100 average and 52.6% 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.
