Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce
Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce by Wagner Gourmet Foods has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce, 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, BALSAMIC VINEGAR POWDER (WITH MOLASSES), NATURAL FLAVORS (BURGUNDY WINE, BUTTER FLAVOR, ANNATTO, TURMERIC), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN AND CORN GLUTEN (LACTIC ACID), DEHYDRATED TOMATO, CARAMEL COLOR, BEEF STOCK, WHEY, BEEF FAT, DEHYDRATED ONION AND GARLIC, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MALT EXTRACT (BARLEY), TORULA YEAST, BEEF EXTRACT, HONEY SOLIDS (WITH WHEAT STARCH, HYDROXYLATED SOY LECITHIN), MALIC ACID, SPICES, BEET POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, MONOSODIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce: 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Wagner Gourmet Foods
- Barcode
- 0038041254007
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce's 4/5 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 4/5 average places Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce 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.