Fully Cooked Hatch Green Chile & Monterey Jack Cheese Smoked Sausage
Fully Cooked Hatch Green Chile & Monterey Jack Cheese Smoked Sausage by Kroger has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Fully Cooked Hatch Green Chile & Monterey Jack Cheese Smoked Sausage draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Fully Cooked Hatch Green Chile & Monterey Jack Cheese Smoked Sausage sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
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
PORK, WATER, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED NONFAT MILK AND MILKFAT, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CORN SYRUP, GREEN CHILES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS SEA SALT, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, FLAVORINGS, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DRIED VINEGAR POWDER, SODIUM PH
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110611109
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Fully Cooked Hatch Green Chile & Monterey Jack Cheese Smoked Sausage rank on ingredient safety?
Fully Cooked Hatch Green Chile & Monterey Jack Cheese Smoked Sausage scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 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 4/5 average places Fully Cooked Hatch Green Chile & Monterey Jack Cheese Smoked Sausage in the Low Risk tier.
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