Caution

Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage

by Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077782030020 · Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C. · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077782030020 · Serving size 1 LINK (66 g)

The verdict

Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage by Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C. scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Pork, Water, Pasteurized Process Swiss Cheese Product. 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 37 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.

82030020 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Smoked sausage · ±0 BOOK-OFF …030020 · July 2026

12 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 82030020 · 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.

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 is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mushroom & swiss cheese s…85/1002. Smoked sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smoked sausage85/1003. BEDDAR with CHEDDAR Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. BEDDAR with CHEDDAR Smoke…85/1004. BEEF HOT LINKS Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. BEEF HOT LINKS Smoked Sau…85/1005. BEEF BRATS: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. BEEF BRATS85/100
High-band neighbours for Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage (85/100) outside Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C..
Chart values as text

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

Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage
85/100
Smoked sausage
85/100
BEDDAR with CHEDDAR Smoked Sausage
85/100
BEEF HOT LINKS Smoked Sausage
85/100
BEEF BRATS
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. Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage 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

Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 37 (97th 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 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Pork
2
Water
3
Pasteurized Process Swiss Cheese Product
4
Swiss Cheese
5
Pasteurized Milk
6
Cheese Culture
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Enzymes
9
Sodium Phosphate
10
Cream
11
Or Less Of Salt
12
Natural Flavors
13
Propionic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
14
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
15
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
16
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
17
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
18
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
19
Cheese Powder
20
Milk
21
Cultures
22
Disodium Phosphate
23
Mushroom Juice Powder
24
Mushroom Juice Concentrate
25
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
26
Mushrooms
27
Parmesean Cheese
28
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
29
Salt And Enzymes
30
Natural Flavors
31
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
33
Autolyzed Yeast
34
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
35
Natural And Artificial Flavors
36
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
37
Collagen Casing

Full Ingredient List

Pork, water, pasteurized process swiss cheese product (swiss cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, sodium phosphate, cream, contains 2% or less of salt, flavors, propionic acid, sorbic acid, powdered cellulose, natamycin) and less than 2% of the following: salt, corn syrup, potassium lactate, cheese powder (swiss cheese [milk, salt, cultures, enzymes], disodium phosphate), mushroom juice powder (mushroom juice concentrate, maltodextrin), sodium phosphate, dehydrated mushrooms, parmesean cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes), natural flavors, sugar, sodium diacetate, autolyzed yeast, sodium erythorbate, natural and artificial flavors, sodium nitrite, collagen casing.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats Sausages Smoked sausages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage

Neighbours outside Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C. with screening scores in the same high band as Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage (85/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Mushroom & swiss cheese smoked sausage'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 0077782030020: 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.