Chicken breasts with smoked bacon
Chicken breasts with smoked bacon by Sainsburys 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. Its Nutri-Score is A, 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 3
Meats and their products / Meat preparations / Meats / Chicken and its products / Poultries / Chicken preparations / Chickens
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 Chicken breasts with smoked bacon 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 Chicken breasts with smoked bacon 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
- Potassium Nitrate - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.
Full Ingredients List
British Chicken Breast (83%), Smoked Streaky Bacon with added Water (9%) (British Pork Belly (87%), Water, Salt, Brown Sugar, Preservatives: Sodium Nitrite, Potassium Nitrate; Antioxidant: Sodium Ascorbate), Grated Medium Mature Cheddar Cheese (Cows' Milk) (6%). Allergy advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. 0g Safety: Although every care has been taken to g remove all bones, some may remain. p
Product Details
- Brand
- Sainsburys
- Barcode
- 00273626
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 3 — Processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Sainsbury's
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chicken breasts with smoked bacon above or below average on ingredient safety?
Chicken breasts with smoked bacon 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.
What's behind the 2/5 rating on Chicken breasts with smoked bacon?
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 Chicken breasts with smoked bacon in the Caution tier.
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