Concern

Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original

by Jimmy Dean

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077900334962 · Jimmy Dean · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077900334962 · Serving size 1 stick (70 g)

The verdict

Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original by Jimmy Dean scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 33-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 33 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

00334962 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 52% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 42% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Akiyama, Takuan (Pickled · ±0 BOOK-OFF …334962 · July 2026

17 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00334962 · 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: Akiyama, Takuan (Pickled Radish) · Nearest score peer is Akiyama, Takuan (Pickled Radish) at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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

1. Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pancakes & Sausage on a S…50/1002. Akiyama, Takuan (Pickled Radish): 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Akiyama, Takuan (Pickled …50/1003. Wegmans, cut out bell cookies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Wegmans, cut out bell coo…50/1004. Wegmans food markets, swiss recipe milk chocolate jumbo pretzel with sprinkles: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wegmans food markets, swi…50/1005. Wegmans, chocolate sandwich creme cookies, mint, mint: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Wegmans, chocolate sandwi…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original (50/100 on 33 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original
50/100
Akiyama, Takuan (Pickled Radish)
50/100
Wegmans, cut out bell cookies
50/100
Wegmans food markets, swiss recipe milk chocolate jumbo pretzel with sprinkles
50/100
Wegmans, chocolate sandwich creme cookies, mint, mint
50/100

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. Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original scores 43.6 points below that category average (50/100 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

Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 58th percentile a longer ingredient list than 58% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (58th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Pork
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
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
12
Soybean Oil
13
Eggs
14
Leavening
15
Baking Soda
16
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
17
Monocalcium Phosphate
18
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
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Buttermilk
21
Corn Starch
22
Natural And Artificial Flavors
23
Soy Lecithin
24
Spices
25
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
26
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
27
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
28
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
29
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
30
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
31
BHA
Avoid GRAS
32
BHT
Caution GRAS
33
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

water, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pork, sugar, corn syrup, soybean oil, eggs, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: dextrose, salt, buttermilk, modified corn starch, natural and artificial flavors, soy lecithin, spices, sodium caseinate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, caramel color, sodium diacetate, citric acid, sodium nitrite, BHA, BHT, ascorbic acid (to promote color retention)

Categories

Meals

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original

Neighbours outside Jimmy Dean near Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jimmy Dean; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Original's 4 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 0077900334962: 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.