Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue
Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue by Sweet Baby Rays 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 E.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Condiments / Sauces / Barbecue sauces
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 Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue, 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 Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue 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
high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, tomato paste, thickener (e1442), brown sugar (2%), salt, natural smoke flavor, pineapple juice concentrate, spices, colour (caramel 150d), preservative (211), molasses, corn syrup, dried garlic, sugar, tamarind, natural flavor
Product Details
- Brand
- Sweet Baby Rays
- Barcode
- 0013409516195
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- Australia
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue rank on ingredient safety?
Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue 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?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk 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.