Kraft Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke

Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke by Kraft has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Condiments / Sauces

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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke 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 Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vinegar, Water, Tomato Paste, Honey, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Molasses, Contains Less Than 2% Of Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor, Mustard Flour, Spice, Potassium Sorbate (To Preserve Freshness), Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Paprika.

Product Details

Brand
Kraft
Barcode
0021000683482
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke's 4.5/5 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 4.5/5 average places Barbecue Sauce, Honey Hickory Smoke 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.