Old Wisconsin
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Old Wisconsin, 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
Old Wisconsin averages 87.7/100 across the 79 of 120 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 79.7% 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.
- 87.7/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 79 scored products
- 120
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 79.7%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 98.7%
- 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 120 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Sausage snack bites; Hot & Spicy Sausage Snack Sticks; Pepp snack bites; 79.7% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 87.7/100. 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 79 of 120 tracked Old Wisconsin records (65.8%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 41 cannot be screened, so the 87.7/100 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 Old Wisconsin
Old Wisconsin: 120 products tracked, 79 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 87.7/100, 79.7% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 65.8% 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), Old Wisconsin's 79.7% flagged share is 61.7 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Old Wisconsin processing intensity
Old Wisconsin's NOVA-classified set is 77 products: 98.7% ultra-processed (Group 4, 76 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 76. That ultra-processed share sits 20.4 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Old Wisconsin shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Old Wisconsin concentrates in Snacks (39, 57% of this top-five); Meats and their products (29); Canned foods (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 39 | 88.3/100 | 74.4% |
| Meats and their products | 25 | 86.4/100 | 88% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Old Wisconsin's 79.7% flagged share is measured across 79 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.
Old Wisconsin flagged share vs large-brand cohort
79.7% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
80% 6th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 6% 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%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 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 (87.7/100) summarizes 79 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.
Old Wisconsin product score distribution
Brand average 87.7/100 across 79 scored products
88 34th percentile sits above 34% of the 79 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
- 50–60
- 4 scored products (5%)
- 80–90
- 46 scored products (58%)
- 90–100
- 13 scored products (16%)
- 100 and above
- 16 scored products (20%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Old Wisconsin uses most
Across the 79 Old Wisconsin products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 50. 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 | Old Wisconsin products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 50 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Carrageenan | 21 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| BHA | 4 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| BHT | 4 | 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 50 concern-sorted Old Wisconsin 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 (12 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
- 50
- Median label
- 12 ingredients
- Median score
- 85/100
The outlined point is Sausage snack bites, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (3). 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
- Sausage snack bites: 19 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Hot & Spicy Sausage Snack Sticks: 20 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepp snack bites: 19 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Flavored sausage snack sticks: 19 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Turkey Sticks: 12 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, turkey sausage snack bites: 11 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Turkey Sticks Smoked Sausage: 13 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Turkey Sticks Smoked Sausage: 14 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, turkey sausage snack bites: 12 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, turkey sausage sticks: 13 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, disney frozen turkey sausage sticks: 12 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- TURKEY STICKS SMOKED SAUSAGE: 13 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Premium Summer Sausage: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium Summer Sausage: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, wiener smoked links: 14 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, fully cooked smoked sausage links: 28 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Turkey premium summer sausage, turkey: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef bites sausage, beef: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, fast fuel beef sausage stick: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Fast Fuel- Turkey Honey Brown Sugar: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Hot and Spicy sausage bites: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Original pork & beef sausage bites, original pork & beef: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Brown Sugar Turkey Bites Smoked Sausage: 14 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, beef sausage snack bites: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, snack bites beef sausage: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Sausage & Cheddar Cheese Smoke Stack: 22 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Ham Hardwood-Smoked Stick, Ham: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, spreadable pate, original: 17 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- BEEF STICKS SMOKED SAUSAGE: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, snack bites beef sausage: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, beff sausage snack sticks: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Sausage Sticks: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Sausage & Cheddar Cheese Smoke Stack, Beef Sausage & Cheddar Cheese: 19 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef sausage bites: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Yumbo: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Brown Sugar Turkey Stick: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Sausage Sticks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Yumbo Minis (Hot & Spicy): 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sausage snack bites: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Hardwood - smoked snack sticks beef sausage: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Hardwood Smoked Snack Sticks, Beef Sausage & Cheddar Cheese: 23 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Snack bites: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Snack Bites Original Sausage Bites: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Sticks Smoked Sausage: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Smoke stack: 21 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium summer sausage: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old wisconsin, premium summer sausage, garlic: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium Summer Sausage: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Turkey premium summer sausage, turkey: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Sausage Sticks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Old Wisconsin
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 70 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 Old Wisconsin: closest on tracked product count (120 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (87.7/100 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 Old Wisconsin food safe? ▼
Old Wisconsin has an average safety score of 88/100 across the 79 of 120 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 79.7% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Old Wisconsin products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 120 Old Wisconsin products. 79 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 41 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Old Wisconsin catalog? ▼
Old Wisconsin has 77 NOVA-classified products; 98.7% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 76 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Old Wisconsin catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Old Wisconsin concentrates in Snacks (39, 57% of this top-five); Meats and their products (29); Canned foods (1).
Does Old Wisconsin use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Old Wisconsin 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 Old Wisconsin 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 Sausage snack bites, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (3) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 50 scored Old Wisconsin products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Old Wisconsin's 87.7/100 average and 79.7% 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.
