Safe

Uncured Bacon

by Kowalski Companies Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0879147003539 · Kowalski Companies Inc. · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0879147003539 · Serving size 1 FRIED SLICE (15 g)

The verdict

Uncured Bacon by Kowalski Companies Inc. scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Pork, Water, Sea salt; 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 5 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

47003539 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Uncured Bacon label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 93% LEAD-FLAG Sea salt PHOTO-FINISH Salsa Verde · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003539 · July 2026

1 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sea salt). Source sheet 47003539 · 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: Salsa Verde · Nearest score peer is Salsa Verde 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 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. Uncured Bacon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Uncured Bacon100/1002. Salsa Verde: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Salsa Verde100/1003. Popcorn: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Popcorn100/1004. Snowmen Milk Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Snowmen Milk Chocolate100/1005. Kowalski's markets, santas milk chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kowalski's markets, santa…100/100
High-band neighbours for Uncured Bacon (100/100) outside Kowalski Companies Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Uncured Bacon
100/100
Salsa Verde
100/100
Popcorn
100/100
Snowmen Milk Chocolate
100/100
Kowalski's markets, santas milk chocolate
100/100

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. Uncured Bacon scores 7.6 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.4/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

Uncured Bacon lists 5 ingredients on its label

5 7th percentile a longer ingredient list than 7% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Above this entry. 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: 5 (7th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Pork, water, sea salt, brown sugar, celery powder

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Uncured Bacon

Neighbours outside Kowalski Companies Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Uncured Bacon (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kowalski Companies Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sea salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Uncured Bacon's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 5-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sea salt. Open Sea salt
  • Compare Uncured Bacon'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 0879147003539: 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.