Safe

Uncured Turkey Pastrami

by Empire Kosher Poultry Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071627009691 · Empire Kosher Poultry Inc. · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071627009691 · Serving size 2 ONZ (56 g)

The verdict

Uncured Turkey Pastrami by Empire Kosher Poultry Inc. scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Dark Turkey Meat, Water, Sea salt; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 13 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.

27009691 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Uncured Turkey Pastrami label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 13 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 42% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH PORTABELLA & GOAT · ±0 BOOK-OFF …009691 · July 2026

2 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 27009691 · 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: PORTABELLA & GOAT CHEESE RAVIOLI · Nearest score peer is PORTABELLA & GOAT CHEESE RAVIOLI 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Uncured Turkey Pastrami: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Uncured Turkey Pastrami95/1002. PORTABELLA & GOAT CHEESE RAVIOLI: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. PORTABELLA & GOAT CHEESE …95/1003. Butternut Squash Ravioli: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Butternut Squash Ravioli95/1004. Evol, chicken tikka masala: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Evol, chicken tikka masala95/1005. Portabella & Goat Cheese Ravioli: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Portabella & Goat Cheese …95/100
High-band neighbours for Uncured Turkey Pastrami (95/100) outside Empire Kosher Poultry Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Uncured Turkey Pastrami
95/100
PORTABELLA & GOAT CHEESE RAVIOLI
95/100
Butternut Squash Ravioli
95/100
Evol, chicken tikka masala
95/100
Portabella & Goat Cheese Ravioli
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. Uncured Turkey Pastrami 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

Uncured Turkey Pastrami lists 13 ingredients on its label

13 58th percentile a longer ingredient list than 58% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Above this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 13 (58th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 13 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Dark turkey meat, water, contains 2% or less of: sea salt, carrageenan (from seaweed), celery powder, cherry powder, turbinado and/or cane sugar, garlic powder, natural flavorings, spices, smoke flavoring.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Uncured Turkey Pastrami

Neighbours outside Empire Kosher Poultry Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Uncured Turkey Pastrami (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Empire Kosher Poultry Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Uncured Turkey Pastrami's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Uncured Turkey Pastrami'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 0071627009691: 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.