Caution

Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450268416 · Hy-Vee · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450268416 · Serving size 1 tray (42 g)

The verdict

Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites by Hy-Vee scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Turkey Sausage Bites, Turkey, Mechanically Separated Turkey. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 22 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

50268416 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Oven roasted sliced · ±0 BOOK-OFF …268416 · July 2026

7 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 50268416 · 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: Oven roasted sliced turkey breast with white meat · Nearest score peer is Oven roasted sliced turkey breast with white meat 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.

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. Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Colby Jack Cheese & Turke…80/1002. Oven roasted sliced turkey breast with white meat: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Oven roasted sliced turke…80/1003. Thin sliced lean smoked chopped pressed cooked chicken: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Thin sliced lean smoked c…80/1004. Soup Base, Beef: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Soup Base, Beef80/1005. Ice Cream Shortcake: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice Cream Shortcake80/100
High-band neighbours for Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites (80/100) outside Hy-Vee.
Chart values as text

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

Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites
80/100
Oven roasted sliced turkey breast with white meat
80/100
Thin sliced lean smoked chopped pressed cooked chicken
80/100
Soup Base, Beef
80/100
Ice Cream Shortcake
80/100

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. Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites scores 12.4 points below that category average (80/100 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

Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 22 (87th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Turkey Sausage Bites (Turkey, Mechanically Separated Turkey, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Spices, Mustard, Dextrose, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Carrageenan, Sodium Erythorbate, Garlic Powder, Sodium Nitrite, In Beef Collagen Casing), Colby Jack Cheese ([Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto {Vegetable Color}], Anti-Caking Blend [Potato Starch, Powder Cellulose]).

Categories

Meats and their products Prepared meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee with screening scores in the same high band as Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites Protein Snacks Combo, Colby Jack Cheese & Turkey Sausage Bites's 2 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 0075450268416: 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.