Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage
Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage by Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 2.5 out of 5, 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 3 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meats and their products / Meats / Prepared meats / Sausages / Smoked sausages
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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage 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 Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2.5 Top 98% higher than 2% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
- Sodium Nitrate - Safety score: 2/5
- Sodium Phosphates - 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
Meat ingredients (pork beef), mechanically separated turkey, water, corn syrup, modified food starch, salt, potassium and sodium lactate, dehydrated chipotle pepper, dextrose,flavorings, autolyzed yeast, monosodium glutamate, sodium phosphates, sodium diacetate, ancho chili pepper, crushed red pepper, ground black pepper, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), sodium nitrate, dehydrated jalapeno pepper, mechanically separated chicken, onions, green peppers, red peppers.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 2.5/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc
- Barcode
- 0027815001565
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 2.5/5, Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage's 2.5/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage's 2.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.