Safe

Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original

by Gardein

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0842234002470 · Gardein · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0842234002470 · Serving size 2 patties (70 g)

The verdict

Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original by Gardein scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Textured Wheat Protein, Wheat Gluten. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 26 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

34002470 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 36% LEAD-RARE Wheat Gluten PHOTO-FINISH Beer Mix · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002470 · July 2026

7 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Wheat Gluten). Source sheet 34002470 · 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: Beer Mix · Nearest score peer is Beer Mix 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.

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ultimate Plant-Based Brea…100/1002. Beer Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beer Mix100/1003. Crunchy Seasoned Peas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Crunchy Seasoned Peas100/1004. Nut Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nut Mix100/1005. Cracker Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cracker Mix100/100
High-band neighbours for Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original (100/100) outside Gardein.
Chart values as text

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

Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original
100/100
Beer Mix
100/100
Crunchy Seasoned Peas
100/100
Nut Mix
100/100
Cracker Mix
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 611 products we've scored in the Meat alternatives category, the average safety score is 98.7/100. Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original scores 1.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.7/100), 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 Meat alternatives products

Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 64th percentile a longer ingredient list than 64% of the 141 products we track

2–4: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 14 products (10%). Below this entry. 18–20: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 20–22: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 24–26: 4 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 12 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 3 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 17 products (12%). Above this entry. This product 2 42 every published Meat alternatives 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

141 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 26 (64th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
2 products (1%)
4–6
3 products (2%)
6–8
3 products (2%)
8–10
6 products (4%)
10–12
3 products (2%)
12–14
11 products (8%)
14–16
12 products (9%)
16–18
14 products (10%)
18–20
12 products (9%)
20–22
10 products (7%)
22–24
10 products (7%)
24–26
4 products (3%)
26–28
12 products (9%)
28–30
5 products (4%)
30–32
3 products (2%)
32–34
2 products (1%)
34–36
2 products (1%)
36–38
5 products (4%)
38–40
5 products (4%)
40 and above
17 products (12%)

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 141 Meat alternatives products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

WATER, TEXTURED WHEAT PROTEIN (WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEAT FLOUR), COCONUT OIL, PEA PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, CANOLA OIL, TEXTURED PEA PROTEIN, METHYLCELLULOSE, 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, CANOLA LECITHIN, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, BEET JUICE (COLOR), LACTIC ACID, SUNFLOWER OIL, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID. CONTAINS: WHEAT.

Categories

Meat alternatives Plant-based sausage with wheat or seitan

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original

Neighbours outside Gardein with screening scores in the same high band as Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gardein; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

7 of 26 parsed ingredients on Ultimate Plant-Based Breakfast Saus'ge, Original match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0842234002470: 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.