Safe

Smoked Beef Brisket

by Myron Mixon Barbecue

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0658756002412 · Myron Mixon Barbecue · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0658756002412 · Serving size 5 ONZ (140 g)

The verdict

Smoked Beef Brisket by Myron Mixon Barbecue scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 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 59-component record, beginning with Whole Beef Brisket, Apple Juice Concentrate, Pear Concentrate. 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 59 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.

56002412 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Smoked Beef Brisket label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Smoked Pulled Chicken · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002412 · July 2026

10 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 56002412 · 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: Smoked Pulled Chicken In Bbq Sauce · Nearest score peer is Smoked Pulled Chicken In Bbq Sauce 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Smoked Beef Brisket: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Smoked Beef Brisket95/1002. Smoked Pulled Chicken In Bbq Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smoked Pulled Chicken In …95/1003. Spaans, Meringue Cookies, Butter Pecan: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Spaans, Meringue Cookies,…95/1004. Beef Pot Roast Kit, Beef Pot: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Beef Pot Roast Kit, Beef …95/1005. Beef Stew Kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Beef Stew Kit95/100
High-band neighbours for Smoked Beef Brisket (95/100) outside Myron Mixon Barbecue.
Chart values as text

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

Smoked Beef Brisket
95/100
Smoked Pulled Chicken In Bbq Sauce
95/100
Spaans, Meringue Cookies, Butter Pecan
95/100
Beef Pot Roast Kit, Beef Pot
95/100
Beef Stew Kit
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Smoked Beef Brisket scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Smoked Beef Brisket lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Beef Brisket
2
Apple Juice Concentrate
3
Pear Concentrate
4
Natural Flavors
5
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
6
Vitamin C
7
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
8
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
9
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
10
Distilled White Vinegar
11
Light Brown Sugar
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Molasses
14
Beef Base
15
Dried Beef Stock
16
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
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Yeast Extract
19
Beef Fat
20
Onion Powder
21
Beef Extract
22
Fully Aged Peppers
23
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Turbinado Sugar
25
Sugars Including Brown
26
Spices
27
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
28
Onion
29
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
30
And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anti-caking Agent
31
Water
32
Dark Brown Sugar
33
Brown Cane Sugar
34
Tomato Paste
35
Worcestershire Sauce
36
Organic Onions
37
Anchovies
38
Garlic Cloves
39
Tamarind Extract
40
Flavorings
41
Chili Pepper Extract
42
Chilpotle Peppers
43
Organic Tomato Puree
44
Dried Vinegar
45
Canola Oil
46
Paprika And Garlic
47
Vinegar And Salt
48
Grade A Clover Honey
49
Pineapple Juice Concentrate
50
Pineapple Juice And Ascorbic Acid
51
Dark Chili Powder
52
Chili Peppers
53
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
54
Added To Make Free Flowing
55
Garlic Powder
56
Black Pepper
57
Cumin
58
Paprika
59
Paprika And Silicon Dioxide Added To Make Free Flowing

Full Ingredient List

Beef brisket: whole beef brisket, apple juice concentrate, pear concentrate, natural flavors, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), potassium citrate, citric acid, caramel color, distilled white vinegar, light brown sugar (sugar, molasses), beef base (beef stock, maltodextrin, salt, sugar, yeast extract, beef fat, onion powder, beef extract, fully aged peppers, vinegar and salt. rubbed with: light brown sugar (sugar, molasses), raw sugar (turbinado sugar), sugars including brown, salt, spices, natural flavors, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, onion, garlic, less than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking agent, corn starch and citric acid. texas sauce: water, dark brown sugar (brown cane sugar), tomato paste (tomato paste, salt, citric acid, worcestershire sauce (distilled white vinegar, molasses, sugar, water, salt, onions, anchovies, garlic cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, chili pepper extract, chilpotle peppers, tomato puree, onions, vinegar, canola oil, sugar, salt, paprika and garlic, (fully aged peppers, vinegar and salt), distilled white vinegar, grade a clover honey, pineapple juice concentrate, water, concentrated pineapple juice and ascorbic acid, vitamin c, dark chili powder, (chili peppers, spices, salt, silicon dioxide (added to make free flowing), and garlic powder, black pepper, cumin, salt, paprika (paprika and silicon dioxide added to make free flowing).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Smoked Beef Brisket

Neighbours outside Myron Mixon Barbecue with screening scores in the same high band as Smoked Beef Brisket (95/100 here). No other Myron Mixon Barbecue products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Smoked Beef Brisket's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Smoked Beef Brisket'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 0658756002412: 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.