Applegate Naturals Nutri-Score C NOVA 3

Black Forest Uncured Ham

Black Forest Uncured Ham: 5/5 ingredient safety

Black Forest Uncured Ham by Applegate Naturals has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

Meats and their products / Prepared meats / Hams

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 Black Forest Uncured Ham 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 Black Forest Uncured Ham sits nationally

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

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

pork, pork broth, sea salt, cane sugar, cultured celery powder, spice extractives, rosemary extract

Product Details

Barcode
0025317157339
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Black Forest Uncured Ham above or below average on ingredient safety?

Black Forest Uncured Ham scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 5/5 rating on Black Forest Uncured Ham?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Black Forest Uncured Ham's 5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe 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.