Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat
Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat by Baken-Ets has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat has 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 Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
FRIED PORK SKINS, SALT, SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, TOMATO POWDER, ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SPICES (INCLUDING RED PEPPER), NATURAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR), ARTIFICIAL COLOR (PAPRIKA EXTRACT, YELLOW 5 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE), SUNFLOWER OIL, GARLIC POWDER, TURMERIC.
Product Details
- Brand
- Baken-Ets
- Barcode
- 0028400705660
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat's safety score compare to other products?
Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat scores 2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 100% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat's 2/5 score be read?
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 2/5 average places Baken-Ets Sweet Southern Heat in the Caution 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.