Hot Sauce
Hot Sauce by Food Town Stores Inc. has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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 Sauce, 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 Hot Sauce sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
AGED RED CAYENNE PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM.
Product Details
- Brand
- Food Town Stores Inc.
- Barcode
- 0035826079435
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Hot Sauce's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Hot Sauce's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Hot Sauce's 5/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Hot Sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.