Castleberry's Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

Hot Dog Chili Sauce

Hot Dog Chili Sauce: 3/5 ingredient safety

Hot Dog Chili Sauce by Castleberry's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Hot Dog Chili Sauce has 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 Hot Dog Chili Sauce sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
A
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

WATER, CRUSHED BEANS, DEHYDROBRINED JALAPENO PEPPERS (JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, ACETIC ACID, AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE), BEEF FAT, TOMATOES, MUSTARD AND MUSTARD BRAN (WATER, VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, MUSTARD BRAN, SALT, TURMERIC), LESS THAN 2% :SALT, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BROWN SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUAMATE, FLAVORINGS, CARAMEL COLOR, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, CHILI PEPPER EXTRACT.

Product Details

Barcode
0030300073756
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Hot Dog Chili Sauce's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Hot Dog Chili Sauce's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Hot Dog Chili Sauce's 3/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Hot Dog Chili Sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence 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.