Caution

Gusto, bone in smoked ham

by Gusto

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0712926030602 · Gusto · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0712926030602 · Serving size 4 ONZ (112 g)

The verdict

Gusto, bone in smoked ham by Gusto scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Water, Salt, Corn Starch; 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 7 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
0712926030602
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

26030602 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gusto, bone in smoked ham label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 84% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Gdansk, Shankless Boneless · ±0 BOOK-OFF …030602 · July 2026

3 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 26030602 · 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: Gdansk, Shankless Boneless Cooked Ham · Nearest score peer is Gdansk, Shankless Boneless Cooked Ham 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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Gusto, bone in smoked ham: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Gusto, bone in smoked ham85/1002. Gdansk, Shankless Boneless Cooked Ham: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gdansk, Shankless Boneles…85/1003. Pure soybean oil: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pure soybean oil85/1004. Chef Salad: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chef Salad85/1005. TURKEY & BACON CLUB MULTIGRAIN SANDWICH: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. TURKEY & BACON CLUB MULTI…85/100
High-band neighbours for Gusto, bone in smoked ham (85/100) outside Gusto.
Chart values as text

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

Gusto, bone in smoked ham
85/100
Gdansk, Shankless Boneless Cooked Ham
85/100
Pure soybean oil
85/100
Chef Salad
85/100
TURKEY & BACON CLUB MULTIGRAIN SANDWICH
85/100

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. Gusto, bone in smoked ham 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 Meats and their products products

Gusto, bone in smoked ham lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 16th percentile a longer ingredient list than 16% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Above this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Above this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Above this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Above this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 7 (16th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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 7 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Cured with: water, salt, modified corn starch, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, spice extractives.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Gusto, bone in smoked ham

Neighbours outside Gusto with screening scores in the same high band as Gusto, bone in smoked ham (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gusto; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Gusto, bone in smoked ham's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Gusto, bone in smoked 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 0712926030602: 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.