Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick
by Foster Farms
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075278952917 · Foster Farms · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick by Foster Farms scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Batter, Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar. 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 28 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.
78952917 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick label screening desk
7 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 78952917 · 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: Chicken Vienna Sausage In Chicken Broth · Nearest score peer is Chicken Vienna Sausage In Chicken Broth 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products
Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick lists 28 ingredients on its label
28 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 40 and above
- 3,204 products (28%)
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 11,283 Meals 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 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
batter (bleached wheat flour, sugar, dextrose, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), salt, buttermilk powder, nonfat milk, soy flour, modified corn starch, potato flour, eggs, corn starch, vinegar, lactic acid, natural flavor, lipolyzed cream (butter, nonfat milk), artificial flavor), water, contains 2% or less of maple flavor (modified corn starch, acesulfame potassium, natural and artificial flavor, maple syrup and caramel color), fried in vegetable oil.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick
Neighbours outside Foster Farms with screening scores in the same high band as Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Foster Farms; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 28 on 0075278952917).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (28 on 0075278952917).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
- Compare Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick'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 0075278952917: 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.