Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages
by The Very Good Butchers
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0628176694764 · The Very Good Butchers · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages by The Very Good Butchers scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Water, Pea Protein, Sunflower Oil. 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.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 42 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- B
- 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
73/100
Grade B
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
B
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.
76694764 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages label screening desk
9 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Copper Gluconate). Source sheet 76694764 · 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: Raspberry organic balsamic condiment · Nearest score peer is Raspberry organic balsamic condiment at the same screening score.
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.
The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 611 products we've scored in the Meat alternatives category, the average safety score is 98.7/100. Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages scores 1.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.7/100), 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 Meat alternatives products
Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages lists 42 ingredients on its label
42 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 141 products we track
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
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- 40 and above
- 17 products (12%)
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 141 Meat alternatives 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
Full Ingredient List
Water, Pea Protein, Organic Sunflower Oil, Vinegar, Calcium Alginate Casing, Coconut Oil, Organic Onion, Organic Mushrooms, Organic Celery, Apple Powder, Methylcellulose, Chickpeas, Hemp Seeds, Fava Bean Protein, Mushroom Extract, Potato Starch, Natural Flavors, Potassium Salt, Yeast Extract, Nutritional Yeast, Organic Cane Sugar, Sunflower Seeds, Sea Salt, Rice Flour, Paprika Color, Red Radish Juice, Onion Powder, Spices, Vitamins and Minerals (niacinamide [vitamin B3], vitamin B12, copper gluconate, thiamine hydrochloride [vitamin B1], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin B6], zinc gluconate, ferric orthophosphate [iron], calcium pantothenate [vitamin B5]).
Other products containing Calcium Alginate Casing
Calcium Alginate Casing is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 22 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages
Neighbours outside The Very Good Butchers with screening scores in the same high band as Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages (100/100 here). No other The Very Good Butchers products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (42 on 0628176694764).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Plant-Based Bratwurst Sausages has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Meat alternatives category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Copper Gluconate first, then work through the remaining 42 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0628176694764: 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.