hormel snack
hormel snack 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
hormel snack 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 hormel snack 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
hormel® pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, i crackers (160) | contains 2% or less of water, dextrose, spices, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, garlic powder, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, 80 citric acid). about 7 35 | hormel® hard salami (beef and pork, salt, contains 2% or less of dextrose, water, 6% | spices, garlic powder, lactic 3% acid starter culture, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid). 0% % daily value* butter crisp crackers 6% (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iřon, thiamine 3% omg mononitrate {vitamin b1}, 0% | riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid], soybean oil with tbhq for freshness, sugar, contains 2% or less of salt, corn syrup, leavening [baking soda, sodium min a 0% | acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate], malt nin c_0% | extract, butter [cream {milk), 0% salt], cornstarch, annatto color, soy lecithin). 0% um i place, austin, mn 55912 ohormel foods, llc
Product Details
- Brand
- Hormel
- Barcode
- 0037600694049
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does hormel snack rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, hormel snack's 2/5 average puts it in the lower 100%, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should hormel snack'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 hormel snack in the Caution tier.
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