Caution

Hickory Smoked Maple Ham

by Black Bear

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0630003325093 · Black Bear. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0630003325093 · Serving size 54 g (1.9 oz)

The verdict

Hickory Smoked Maple Ham by Black Bear scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 16 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 16-component label is layered, beginning with Fresh Ham, Water, Potassium Lactic. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 16 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0630003325093
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

03325093 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hickory Smoked Maple Ham label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 16 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 42% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrate PHOTO-FINISH Gooey Butter Cake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …325093 · July 2026

6 of 16 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrate). Source sheet 03325093 · 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: Gooey Butter Cake · Nearest score peer is Gooey Butter Cake 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Hickory Smoked Maple Ham: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hickory Smoked Maple Ham85/1002. Gooey Butter Cake: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gooey Butter Cake85/1003. Braunschelger liverwurst: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Braunschelger liverwurst85/1004. Liverwurst Braunschweiger: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Liverwurst Braunschweiger85/1005. Sliced braunschweiger: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sliced braunschweiger85/100
High-band neighbours for Hickory Smoked Maple Ham (85/100) outside Black Bear.
Chart values as text

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

Hickory Smoked Maple Ham
85/100
Gooey Butter Cake
85/100
Braunschelger liverwurst
85/100
Liverwurst Braunschweiger
85/100
Sliced braunschweiger
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Hickory Smoked Maple Ham lists 16 ingredients on its label

16 58th percentile a longer ingredient list than 58% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 16 (58th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Full Ingredient List

Fresh ham, water, potassium lactic contains less than 2% of sea salt, maple syrup, organic sugar, natural flavors, sodium phosphate, potassium chloride, extrose, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), spice extracts, sodium diacetate, sodium nitrate, natural smoke flavor.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hickory Smoked Maple Ham

Neighbours outside Black Bear with screening scores in the same high band as Hickory Smoked Maple Ham (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Black Bear; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hickory Smoked Maple Ham's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 16-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrate. Open Sodium Nitrate
  • Compare Hickory Smoked Maple Ham'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 0630003325093: 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.