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Sausage & cheese stuffed hash browns, sausage & cheese

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077900192876 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077900192876 · Serving size 1 PIECE (106 g)

The verdict

Sausage & cheese stuffed hash browns, sausage & cheese scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 81 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 81-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Cooked Pork Sausage Crumbles, Pork. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 81 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00192876 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sausage & cheese stuffed hash browns, sausage & cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 81 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …192876 · July 2026

21 of 81 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00192876 · 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

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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.

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. Sausage & cheese stuffed hash browns, sausage & cheese scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Sausage & cheese stuffed hash browns, sausage & cheese lists 81 ingredients on its label

81 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 81 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 81 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Cooked Pork Sausage Crumbles
3
Pork
4
Water
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Spices
8
Natural Flavor
9
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
10
Succinic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
11
Sodium Phosphates
12
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
13
Bleached Wheat Flour
14
Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
15
Pasteurized Milk
16
Cheese Culture
17
Enzymes
18
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose
19
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
20
Natural Mold Inhibitor
21
Cheddar Cheese
22
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
23
Vegetable Color
24
Cottonseed Oil
25
Pasteurized Processed Cheese Spread
26
Cheese Cultures
27
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Skim Milk
29
Cream
30
Sodium Phosphate
31
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
32
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
33
Preservative
34
Milk
35
Yellow Corn Flour
36
Enriched Wheat Flour
37
Wheat Flour
38
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Reduced Iron
40
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
43
Modified Food Starch
44
Palm Oil
45
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
46
Natural Flavors
47
Methylcellulose
48
Cheddar/parmesan/romano Cheeses
49
Natural Butter Flavor
50
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
51
Butter
52
Annatto Extract
53
Color
54
Turmeric Extract
55
Yeast Extract
56
Iodized Salt
57
Sodium Alginate
58
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
59
Potato Flavor
60
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
61
Sunflower Oil
62
Olive Oil
63
Apo-carotenal
64
Mono - And Diglycerides
65
Sodium Citrate
66
Spice
67
Onion
68
Soybean Oil
69
Leavening
70
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
71
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
72
Yeast
73
Eggs
74
Nonfat Milk
75
Oleoresin Of Paprika
76
Soy Flour
77
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
78
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
79
Pork Stock
80
Hydrolyzed Soybean And Corn Protein
81
Smoke Flavor. Breading Set In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, cooked pork sausage crumbles (pork, water, contains 2% or less of: salt, sugar, spices, natural flavor (with maltodextrin, succinic acid), sodium phosphates, caramel color), water, bleached wheat flour, shredded low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese: low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), shredded mild cheddar cheese: cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor), cottonseed oil, pasteurized processed cheese spread (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], whey, skim milk, cream, sodium phosphate, salt, xanthan gum, sorbic acid [preservative]), contains 2% or less: cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), yellow corn flour, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), modified food starch, palm oil, whey, salt, wheat flour, dextrose, natural flavors, methylcellulose, cheddar/parmesan/romano cheeses(pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), butter flavor (whey, maltodextrin, salt, butter [cream, salt], annatto extract [color], turmeric extract [color]), yeast extract, maltodextrin, iodized salt, sodium alginate, modified cellulose, potato flavor (potato flavor, autolyzed yeast extract, sunflower oil, maltodextrin, salt, natural flavor, olive oil), sodium phosphates, apo-carotenal (color), mono - and diglycerides, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), spice, dried onion, soybean oil, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), yeast, natural flavor, eggs, nonfat milk, oleoresin of paprika, soy flour, dried garlic, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, autolyzed yeast extract, dehydrated pork stock, hydrolyzed soybean and corn protein, smoke flavor. breading set in vegetable oil.

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sausage & cheese stuffed hash browns, sausage & cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 81-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Sausage & cheese stuffed hash browns, sausage & cheese'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 0077900192876: 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.