Safe

Plant based veggie dogs

by Simple Truth

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110008077 · Simple Truth · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110008077 · Serving size 1 veggie dog (43g)

The verdict

Plant based veggie dogs by Simple Truth scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Soy Protein Isolate Soybean Oil, Cane Sugar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10008077 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Plant based veggie dogs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 49% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Reduced Fat Wafers, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008077 · July 2026

4 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 10008077 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Reduced Fat Wafers, Vanilla · Nearest score peer is Reduced Fat Wafers, Vanilla at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Plant based veggie dogs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Plant based veggie dogs95/1002. Reduced Fat Wafers, Vanilla: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Reduced Fat Wafers, Vanil…95/1003. Easter Colossal Brownie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Easter Colossal Brownie95/1004. Vanilla Wafer Cookies: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vanilla Wafer Cookies95/1005. Seasoned Beef Patties: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Seasoned Beef Patties95/100
High-band neighbours for Plant based veggie dogs (95/100) outside Simple Truth.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Plant based veggie dogs
95/100
Reduced Fat Wafers, Vanilla
95/100
Easter Colossal Brownie
95/100
Vanilla Wafer Cookies
95/100
Seasoned Beef Patties
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 611 products we've scored in the Meat alternatives category, the average safety score is 98.7/100. Plant based veggie dogs scores 3.7 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 98.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meat alternatives products

Plant based veggie dogs lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 51st percentile a longer ingredient list than 51% of the 141 products we track

2–4: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 14 products (10%). Below this entry. 18–20: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 20–22: 10 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 10 products (7%). Above this entry. 24–26: 4 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 12 products (9%). Above this entry. 28–30: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 3 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 17 products (12%). Above this entry. This product 2 42 every published Meat alternatives product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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

141 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 21 (51st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
2 products (1%)
4–6
3 products (2%)
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3 products (2%)
8–10
6 products (4%)
10–12
3 products (2%)
12–14
11 products (8%)
14–16
12 products (9%)
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14 products (10%)
18–20
12 products (9%)
20–22
10 products (7%)
22–24
10 products (7%)
24–26
4 products (3%)
26–28
12 products (9%)
28–30
5 products (4%)
30–32
3 products (2%)
32–34
2 products (1%)
34–36
2 products (1%)
36–38
5 products (4%)
38–40
5 products (4%)
40 and above
17 products (12%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 141 Meat alternatives products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

WATER, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE SOYBEAN OIL, RAW CANE SUGAR, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: PEA PROTEIN, TAPIOCA STARCH, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, GARLIC JUICE CONCENTRATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, GLUTAMIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN, GARLIC POWDER, GUAR GUM, HARDWOOD SMOKED SUGAR, RED RICE FLOUR (COLOR), CANOLA OIL, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR). _CONTAINS: SOY._

Categories

Meat alternatives Meat analogues Meat analogues from soy or wheat proteins

High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant based veggie dogs

Neighbours outside Simple Truth with screening scores in the same high band as Plant based veggie dogs (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Simple Truth; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Plant based veggie dogs's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Plant based veggie dogs's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110008077: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.