Hot dog chili sauce
Hot dog chili sauce by Kroger has 2 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, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 Hot dog chili sauce, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry 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 Hot dog chili sauce 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
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
water, crushed beans, beef fat, tomatoes, mustard and mustard bran (water, vinegar, mustard seed, 1 tbsp (16g) mustard bran, salt, turmeric) 10 % daily value* 0% tet sugars 0% 0% 3% 0% 0% 0% less than 2%. salt, soy protein concentrate, brown sugar, monosodium glutamate, flavorings, caramel color, oleoresin paprika. contains: soy.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110877406
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Hot dog chili sauce rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Hot dog chili sauce's 2.5/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 2.5/5 rating on Hot dog chili sauce?
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 2.5/5, which is 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.