Applewood Smoked Bacon
Applewood Smoked Bacon by Idahoan, Idahoan Foods Llc has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Applewood Smoked Bacon have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Applewood Smoked Bacon sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
IDAHO POTATO SLICES, MALTODETRIN, CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, CANOLA OIL, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], NONFAT DRY MILK, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CORN STARCH, DEHYDRATED ONION, BACON FLAVORED CRUMBLES (TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN [SOY FLOUR, CARAMLE COLOR, RED #3], SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE), NONFAT DRY MILK, NATURAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING SMOKE FLAVOR), SODIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, RICE STARCH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, SOYBEAN OIL, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, SODIUM BISULFITE (PRESERVATIVE FRESHNESS) AND LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED AS AN ANTI-CAKING AGENT.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Applewood Smoked Bacon: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0029700001582
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Applewood Smoked Bacon rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Applewood Smoked Bacon sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.3/5 rating on Applewood Smoked Bacon?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.3/5 average places Applewood Smoked Bacon in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.