Concern

Meat Sticks

by Coborn's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0733147111048 · Coborn's · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0733147111048 · Serving size 1 STICK (41 g)

The verdict

Meat Sticks by Coborn's scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 43-component record, beginning with Pork, Beef, Process Cheddar Cheese. 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 43 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

60/100

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.

47111048 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Meat Sticks label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Bloody Mary Meat · ±0 BOOK-OFF …111048 · July 2026

11 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 47111048 · 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: Bloody Mary Meat Sticks · Nearest score peer is Bloody Mary Meat Sticks at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Meat Sticks: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Meat Sticks60/1002. Bloody Mary Meat Sticks: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bloody Mary Meat Sticks60/1003. Pocky matcha: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pocky matcha60/1004. Fruit Rings: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fruit Rings60/1005. 51 Fifty, Energy Drink, Fruit Punch: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 51 Fifty, Energy Drink, F…60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Meat Sticks (60/100 on 43 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Meat Sticks
60/100
Bloody Mary Meat Sticks
60/100
Pocky matcha
60/100
Fruit Rings
60/100
51 Fifty, Energy Drink, Fruit Punch
60/100

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. Meat Sticks scores 32.4 points below that category average (60/100 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

Meat Sticks lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 43 (98th 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 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Pork
2
Beef
3
Process Cheddar Cheese
4
Cheddar Cheese
5
Milk
6
Cheese Culture
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Enzymes
9
Milkfat
10
Sodium Citrate
11
Sodium Phosphate
12
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
13
Preservative
14
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
15
Vegetable Color
16
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
17
Potassium Sorbate & Natamycin
18
Preservatives
19
Water
20
Seasoning
21
Jalapeno
22
Green Bell & Red Peppers
23
Onion Powder
24
Antimicrobial Agent
25
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
26
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
27
Black Pepper
28
Corn Syrup Solids
29
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
30
Mustard
31
Spices
32
Msg
33
Paprika
34
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
35
Spice Extractives
36
Tricalcium Phosphate
37
Garlic Powder
38
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
39
Cure
40
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
41
Propylene Glycol & Sodium Bicarbonate
42
Processing Aids
43
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled

Full Ingredient List

Pork, beef, process cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], milkfat, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid [preservative], annatto [vegetable color], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], potassium sorbate & natamycin [preservatives]), water, salt, seasoning (dehydrated jalapeno, green bell & red peppers, onion powder), antimicrobial agent (potassium lactate, water, sodium diacetate), black pepper, seasoning (salt, corn syrup solids, dextrose, mustard, spices, monosodium glutamate, paprika, sodium erythorbate, spice extractives, tricalcium phosphate [to prevent caking]), garlic powder, dextrose, citric acid, cure (salt, sodium nitrite, propylene glycol & sodium bicarbonate [processing aids], red 3), sodium erythorbate.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats Sausages

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Meat Sticks

Neighbours outside Coborn's near Meat Sticks's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Coborn's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Meat Sticks's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Meat Sticks's 2 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 0733147111048: 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.