Caution

Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce

by Armour

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0054100938268 · Armour · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0054100938268 · Serving size 4 SAUSAGES AND SAUCE (75 g)

The verdict

Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce by Armour scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Salt. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 32 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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

00938268 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Apple whiskey barbecue · ±0 BOOK-OFF …938268 · July 2026

10 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 00938268 · 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: Apple whiskey barbecue sauce · Nearest score peer is Apple whiskey barbecue sauce 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. Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vienna Sausage BOURBON BB…80/1002. Apple whiskey barbecue sauce: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Apple whiskey barbecue sa…80/1003. Authentic barbeque sauce, brown sugar & bourbon: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Authentic barbeque sauce,…80/1004. Open pit, barbecue sauce, sweet spiced rum: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Open pit, barbecue sauce,…80/1005. Sweet Gherkins: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweet Gherkins80/100
High-band neighbours for Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce (80/100) outside Armour.
Chart values as text

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

Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce
80/100
Apple whiskey barbecue sauce
80/100
Authentic barbeque sauce, brown sugar & bourbon
80/100
Open pit, barbecue sauce, sweet spiced rum
80/100
Sweet Gherkins
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce scores 18.3 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 32 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Mechanically Separated Chicken
2
Water
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
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
Beef
6
Pork
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
Natural Flavors. Sodium Nitrite
9
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Tomato Paste
11
Dried Vinegar
12
Corn Starch
13
Natural Bourbon Flavor
14
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
15
Alcohol
16
Natural And Artificial Flavors
17
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
18
Bourbon Whiskey
19
Seasoning Blend
20
Spice
21
Mustard And Celery
22
Corn Syrup Solids
23
Onion Powder
24
Garlic Powder
25
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
26
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
28
Natural Flavor
29
Sulfiting Agents
ANTIOXIDANT
GRAS
30
Cane Molasses
31
Molasses
32
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Mechanically separated chicken, water, salt, corn syrup. contains 2% or less of: beef, pork, dextrose, natural flavors. sodium nitrite, garlic powder. sauce: water, high fructose corn syrup, tomato paste, vinegar, modified corn starch, salt, contains 2% or less of: bourbon flavor (water, propylene glycol, alcohol, natural and artificial flavors, sucralose, bourbon whiskey), seasoning blend (spice [including mustard and celery], corn syrup solids, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, caramel color, sugar, xanthan gum, natural flavor, sulfiting agents, cane molasses), molasses, caramel color, hickory smoke flavor, spice.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce

Neighbours outside Armour with screening scores in the same high band as Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Armour; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Vienna Sausage BOURBON BBQ Flavored Sauce's 2 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 0054100938268: 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.