Caution

Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami

by Hy-Vee Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450086652 · Hy-Vee Inc. · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450086652 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (56 g)

The verdict

Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami by Hy-Vee Inc. scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Beef, Up To 15% Of A Flavoring Solution Of Water, 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 10 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

50086652 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 10 ing. REG-MOST 60% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 64% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Thin sliced chopped · ±0 BOOK-OFF …086652 · July 2026

6 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 50086652 · 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: Thin sliced chopped pressed cooked corned beef · Nearest score peer is Thin sliced chopped pressed cooked corned beef 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Thin sliced smoked choppe…85/1002. Thin sliced chopped pressed cooked corned beef: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Thin sliced chopped press…85/1003. Light english muffins, light: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Light english muffins, li…85/1004. Mini Franks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mini Franks85/1005. Hearty chicken, bacon & wild rice soup, hearty chicken, bacon & wild rice: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hearty chicken, bacon & w…85/100
High-band neighbours for Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami (85/100) outside Hy-Vee Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami
85/100
Thin sliced chopped pressed cooked corned beef
85/100
Light english muffins, light
85/100
Mini Franks
85/100
Hearty chicken, bacon & wild rice soup, hearty chicken, bacon & wild rice
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. Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami 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

Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami lists 10 ingredients on its label

10 36th percentile a longer ingredient list than 36% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Above this entry. 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: 10 (36th 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

Beef contains up to 15% of a flavoring solution of water, salt, less than 2% of: dextrose, potassium lactate, spices, sodium erythorbate, sodium diacetate, sodium nitrite, natural flavoring.

Other products containing Up To 15% Of A Flavoring Solution Of Water

Up To 15% Of A Flavoring Solution Of Water is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 18 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked pastrami's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 10-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Thin sliced smoked chopped pressed cooked 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 0075450086652: 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.