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Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub

by Smithfield

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070800740192 · Smithfield · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070800740192 · Serving size 4 ONZ (112 g)

The verdict

Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub by Smithfield scores 95/100 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 Pork Broth, Potassium Lactate, Salt. 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 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00740192 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Candy Canes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …740192 · July 2026

6 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00740192 · 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: Candy Canes · Nearest score peer is Candy Canes 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pork Loin Riblets Sweet B…95/1002. Candy Canes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Candy Canes95/1003. Vanilla: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Vanilla95/1004. Candy canes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Candy canes95/1005. Cento, all natural flavored stock, beef, beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cento, all natural flavor…95/100
High-band neighbours for Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub (95/100) outside Smithfield.
Chart values as text

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

Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub
95/100
Candy Canes
95/100
Vanilla
95/100
Candy canes
95/100
Cento, all natural flavored stock, beef, beef
95/100

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. Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub scores 2.6 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.4/100), 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 Meats and their products products

Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub 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.

Full Ingredient List

Pork Broth, Potassium Lactate, Salt, Sodium Phosphates, Natural Flavoring. Rubbed With: Sugar, Tomato Powder, Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, Modified Corn Starch, Maltodextrin, Pineapple Juice Solids, Dehydrated Worcestershire Sauce (Distilled Vinegar, Molasses, Corn Syrup, Salt, Caramel Color, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Spices, Tamarind, Natural Flavor), Corn Oil, Vinegar Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Spices, Natural Smoke Flavor.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub

Neighbours outside Smithfield with screening scores in the same high band as Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smithfield; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub'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 Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Pork Loin Riblets Sweet Barbecue Rub'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 0070800740192: 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.