Caution

Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke

by Bryan

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0053400212931 · Bryan · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0053400212931 · Serving size 1 FRANK (53 g)

The verdict

Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke by Bryan scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 24-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 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00212931 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrate PHOTO-FINISH Smoked sausage · ±0 BOOK-OFF …212931 · July 2026

9 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrate). Source sheet 00212931 · 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: Smoked sausage · Nearest score peer is Smoked 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chi…85/1002. Smoked sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smoked sausage85/1003. Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Smoked Sausage85/1004. Prairie belt, smoked sausages: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Prairie belt, smoked saus…85/1005. Powdered Donuts: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Powdered Donuts85/100
High-band neighbours for Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke (85/100) outside Bryan.
Chart values as text

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

Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke
85/100
Smoked sausage
85/100
Smoked Sausage
85/100
Prairie belt, smoked sausages
85/100
Powdered Donuts
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 13,350 products we've scored in the Meats and their products category, the average safety score is 92.4/100. Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke scores 7.4 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 92.4/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meats and their products products

Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

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 24 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Mechanically Separated Chicken
2
Pork
3
Water
4
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
5
Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese
6
Cheddar Cheese
7
Pasteurized Milk
8
Cheese Culture
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enzymes
11
Milkfat
12
Sodium Phosphate
13
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
14
Artificial Color
15
Natural Flavor
16
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
17
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
18
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
19
Dried Beef Stock
20
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor
22
Paprika Extract
23
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
24
Sodium Nitrate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned

Full Ingredient List

Mechanically separated chicken, pork, water, corn syrup, pasteurized process cheddar cheese [cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, salt, artificial color], flavor, contains 2% or less: salt, potassium lactate, dextrose, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, beef stock, sodium erythorbate, natural hickory smoke flavor, paprika extract, maltodextrin, sodium nitrate.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats Sausages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke

Neighbours outside Bryan with screening scores in the same high band as Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bryan; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrate. Open Sodium Nitrate
  • Compare Bryan, cheesy jumbos, chicken and pork cheese franks, hickory smoke'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 0053400212931: 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.