Caution

Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing

by Square-H Brands Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073183015833 · Square-H Brands Inc. · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073183015833 · Serving size 1 CONTAINER (56 g)

The verdict

Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing by Square-H Brands Inc. scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 31-component record, beginning with Mechanically Separated Chicken With Skin, Beef Hearts, Water. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 31 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

83015833 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Smoked Sausage · ±0 BOOK-OFF …015833 · July 2026

11 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 83015833 · 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.

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. Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Louisiana Style Naturally…85/1002. Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smoked Sausage85/1003. Naturally Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Naturally Smoked Sausage85/1004. Premium Beef Franks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Premium Beef Franks85/1005. Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs85/100
High-band neighbours for Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing (85/100) outside Square-H Brands Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing
85/100
Smoked Sausage
85/100
Naturally Smoked Sausage
85/100
Premium Beef Franks
85/100
Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs
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. Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing 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

Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 31 (95th 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 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Mechanically Separated Chicken With Skin
2
Beef Hearts
3
Water
4
Corn Starch
5
Or Less Flavorings
6
Cayenne Pepper
7
Paprika
8
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
9
Brown Sugar
10
Extractives Of Paprika
11
Beef
12
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
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Soy Protein Concentrate
16
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
17
Sheep Casing
18
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
19
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
20
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
21
Wheat
22
Soybeans
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
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
25
Corn Syrup Solids
26
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
27
Beef Fibrin
28
Sodium Phosphate
29
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
30
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
31
Fd & C Red 40

Full Ingredient List

Mechanically separated chicken with skin, beef hearts, water, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less flavorings, cayenne pepper, paprika, garlic, brown sugar, extractives of paprika, beef, dextrose, salt, whey protein concentrate, soy protein concentrate, sodium nitrite, sheep casing, hydrolyzed soy protein, sodium erythorbate, soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, maltodextrin), corn syrup, corn syrup solids, potassium chloride, beef fibrin, sodium phosphate, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, fd & c red 40.

Other products containing Beef Fibrin

Beef Fibrin is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats Sausages Smoked sausages

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing

Neighbours outside Square-H Brands Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing (85/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Square-H Brands Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 31 on 0073183015833).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Louisiana Style Naturally Smoked Sausage In A Colored Casing'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 0073183015833: 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.