Chef Maxwell Vienna Sausage
by Chef Maxwell
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0635302303445 · Chef Maxwell · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Chef Maxwell Vienna Sausage by Chef Maxwell scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 14 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 14-component label led by Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Seasoning; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 14 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
55/100
Grade C
Ingredient Safety
85/100
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.
02303445 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Chef Maxwell Vienna Sausage label screening desk
5 of 14 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 02303445 · 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: Creamy Cheddar · Nearest score peer is Creamy Cheddar 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.
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.
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
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. Chef Maxwell Vienna 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 Canned foods products
Chef Maxwell Vienna Sausage lists 14 ingredients on its label
14 39th percentile a longer ingredient list than 39% of the 2,784 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 2 products (0%)
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- 58 products (2%)
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- 123 products (4%)
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- 301 products (11%)
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- 233 products (8%)
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- 165 products (6%)
- 20–22
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- 123 products (4%)
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- 49 products (2%)
- 38–40
- 61 products (2%)
- 40 and above
- 123 products (4%)
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 2,784 Canned foods 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 14 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Seasoning (Corn Syrup Solids, Salt, Sugar, Dextrose, Sodium Erythorbate, Soy Bean Oil, Spice, Natural Flavors, Mono and Diglicerides), Salt, Chicken Broth, Sodium Nitrite.
Other products containing Mono And Diglicerides
Mono And Diglicerides is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Chef Maxwell Vienna Sausage
Neighbours outside Chef Maxwell with screening scores in the same high band as Chef Maxwell Vienna Sausage (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Chef Maxwell; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 14 on 0635302303445).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (14 on 0635302303445).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chef Maxwell Vienna Sausage's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 14-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
- Compare Chef Maxwell Vienna 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 0635302303445: 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.