Breakfast ham slices

Breakfast ham slices: 3.2/5 ingredient safety

Breakfast ham slices by Jones Dairy Farm has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.2 out of 5, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meats and their products / Prepared meats / Hams / Undefined

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 Breakfast ham slices, 5 of its 5 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 Breakfast ham slices sits nationally

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

3.2 Top 93% higher than 7% 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

3.2
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.2 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
2 ingredients flagged for safety concerns

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

CURED WITH WATER, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SALT, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SUGAR, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, SPICES, SODIUM NITRITE.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Breakfast ham slices: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0033900000887
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Breakfast ham slices's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.2/5, Breakfast ham slices sits behind 93% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.2/5 ingredient safety score mean?

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 3.2/5 average places Breakfast ham slices in the Mixed Evidence 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.