Cracked Black Pepper
Cracked Black Pepper by Hormel 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, 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 4
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 Cracked Black Pepper, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Cracked Black Pepper 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
- Sodium Nitrite - Safety score: 2/5
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
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Product Details
- Brand
- Hormel
- Barcode
- 0037600149600
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Cracked Black Pepper's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 2/5, Cracked Black Pepper sits behind 100% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Cracked Black Pepper's 2/5 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 2/5 average places Cracked Black Pepper in the Caution 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.