Caution

Pickle Loaf

by Eckrich

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0027815001183 · Eckrich. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0027815001183 · Serving size 1 slice (28 g)

The verdict

Pickle Loaf by Eckrich scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Mechanically Separated Chicken, Pork, Water. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 27 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

15001183 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pickle Loaf label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Summer Sausage · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001183 · July 2026

10 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 15001183 · 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: Summer Sausage · Nearest score peer is Summer Sausage at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Pickle Loaf: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pickle Loaf85/1002. Summer Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Summer Sausage85/1003. Club Sub Ham & Turkey With American Cheese On A Sub Bun: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Club Sub Ham & Turkey Wit…85/1004. Ham, Egg & Cheese Muffin: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ham, Egg & Cheese Muffin85/1005. Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked …85/100
High-band neighbours for Pickle Loaf (85/100) outside Eckrich.
Chart values as text

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

Pickle Loaf
85/100
Summer Sausage
85/100
Club Sub Ham & Turkey With American Cheese On A Sub Bun
85/100
Ham, Egg & Cheese Muffin
85/100
Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Pickle Loaf lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (82nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Mechanically Separated Chicken
2
Pork
3
Water
4
Nonfat Dry Milk
5
Modified Food Starch
6
Diced Sweet Pickles
7
Cucumbers
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Dried Vinegar
11
Alum
12
Natural And Artificial Flavors
13
Turmeric
14
Benzoate Of Soda Added
15
Dehydrated Sweet Red Peppers
16
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
17
Or Less Of Beef
18
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
19
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
20
Flavorings
21
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
22
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
23
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
24
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
Sodium Phosphates
26
Vitamin C
27
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, PORK, WATER, NONFAT DRY MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DICED SWEET PICKLES (CONTAINS CUCUMBERS, SUGAR, WATER, SALT, VINEGAR, ALUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, TURMERIC, BENZOATE OF SODA ADDED), SWEET RED PEPPERS, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BEEF, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, FLAVORINGS, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID).

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pickle Loaf

Neighbours outside Eckrich with screening scores in the same high band as Pickle Loaf (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Eckrich; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pickle Loaf's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Pickle Loaf'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 0027815001183: 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.