Concern

hormel snack

by Hormel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600694049 · Hormel. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600694049

The verdict

hormel snack by Hormel scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 48-component record, beginning with Hormel® Pepperoni, Pork, Beef. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0037600694049
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00694049 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

hormel snack label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Pepperoni · ±0 BOOK-OFF …694049 · July 2026

12 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00694049 · 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: Pepperoni · Nearest score peer is Pepperoni at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. hormel snack: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. hormel snack55/1002. Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pepperoni55/1003. original: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. original55/1004. Genoa Salami: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Genoa Salami55/1005. Chocolate frozen dessert original fudge pops, chocolate: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chocolate frozen dessert …55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for hormel snack (55/100 on 48 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

hormel snack
55/100
Pepperoni
55/100
original
55/100
Genoa Salami
55/100
Chocolate frozen dessert original fudge pops, chocolate
55/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

hormel snack lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (96th 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Hormel® Pepperoni
2
Pork
3
Beef
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
I Crackers |
6
Or Less Of Water
7
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
8
Spices
9
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
10
Oleoresin Of Paprika
11
Garlic Powder
12
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
13
BHA
Avoid GRAS
14
BHT
Caution GRAS
15
80 Citric Acid
16
About 7 35 | Hormel® Hard Salami
17
Beef And Pork
18
Or Less Of Dextrose
19
Water
20
6% | Spices
21
Lactic 3% Acid Starter Culture
22
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
23
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
24
Enriched Flour
25
Wheat Flour
26
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Reduced Iřon
28
Thiamine 3% Omg Mononitrate
29
0% | Riboflavin
30
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
31
Soybean Oil With Tbhq For Freshness
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Or Less Of Salt
34
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
35
Leavening
36
Baking Soda
37
Sodium Min A 0% | Acid Pyrophosphate
38
Monocalcium Phosphate
39
Malt Nin C 0% | Extract
40
Butter
41
Cream
42
0% Salt
43
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
44
Annatto Color
45
Soy Lecithin
46
0% Um I Place
47
Austin
48
Mn 55912 Ohormel Foods

Full Ingredient List

hormel® pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, i crackers (160) | contains 2% or less of water, dextrose, spices, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, garlic powder, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, 80 citric acid). about 7 35 | hormel® hard salami (beef and pork, salt, contains 2% or less of dextrose, water, 6% | spices, garlic powder, lactic 3% acid starter culture, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid). 0% % daily value* butter crisp crackers 6% (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iřon, thiamine 3% omg mononitrate {vitamin b1}, 0% | riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid], soybean oil with tbhq for freshness, sugar, contains 2% or less of salt, corn syrup, leavening [baking soda, sodium min a 0% | acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate], malt nin c_0% | extract, butter [cream {milk), 0% salt], cornstarch, annatto color, soy lecithin). 0% um i place, austin, mn 55912 ohormel foods, llc

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for hormel snack

Neighbours outside Hormel near hormel snack's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from hormel snack's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare hormel snack's 3 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 0037600694049: 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.