Safe

Spicy Meat Stick

by Ancestral

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850029324812 · Ancestral. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850029324812 · Serving size 1 serving (24 g)

The verdict

Spicy Meat Stick by Ancestral scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 19 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 19-component label is layered, beginning with Grass Fed Beef, Grass Fed Beef Heart, Grass Fed Beef Liver. 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 19 analyzed
0850029324812
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

100/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

N/A

NOVA food-processing classification

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.

29324812 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spicy Meat Stick label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 19 ing. REG-SPARSE 5% reg. NOVA-UNK NOVA n/a NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 32% LEAD-FLAG Sea salt PHOTO-FINISH Original Meat Stick · ±0 BOOK-OFF …324812 · July 2026

1 of 19 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sea salt). Source sheet 29324812 · 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: Original Meat Stick · Nearest score peer is Original Meat Stick 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.

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.

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

1. Spicy Meat Stick: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Spicy Meat Stick100/1002. Original Meat Stick: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Original Meat Stick100/1003. Bison Jerky: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bison Jerky100/1004. Turkey sticks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Turkey sticks100/1005. Turkey Sticks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Turkey Sticks100/100
High-band neighbours for Spicy Meat Stick (100/100) outside Ancestral.
Chart values as text

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

Spicy Meat Stick
100/100
Original Meat Stick
100/100
Bison Jerky
100/100
Turkey sticks
100/100
Turkey Sticks
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Spicy Meat Stick lists 19 ingredients on its label

19 68th percentile a longer ingredient list than 68% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 19 (68th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Full Ingredient List

Grass fed beef, grass fed beef heart, grass fed beef liver, Contains 2% or less (water, sea salt, red pepper, encapsulation citric acid, cultured celery powder, oleoresin of capsaicin, cherry powder, coriander, dried chipotle chilies, cumin, onion powder, nutmeg, parsley, white pepper, in beef collagen casing

More from Ancestral

High-score cross-brand comparables for Spicy Meat Stick

Neighbours outside Ancestral with screening scores in the same high band as Spicy Meat Stick (100/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Ancestral; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sea salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Spicy Meat Stick's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 19-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sea salt. Open Sea salt
  • Compare Spicy Meat Stick's 0 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 0850029324812: 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.