Fareway NOVA 4

Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links

Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links: 5/5 ingredient safety

Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links by Fareway 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

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 Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links, 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 Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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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

GROUND PORK, WATER, SEASONING (SUGAR, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS (MAPLE, LEMON JUICE POWDER (CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LEMON JUICE SOLIDS, LEMON OIL)), CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM STEARATE (ANTICAKING AGENT), FULLY REFINED SOYBEAN OIL (PROCESSING AID), COLLAGEN CASING

Product Details

Brand
Fareway
Barcode
0021333951517
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links rank on ingredient safety?

Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links's 5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Maple Flavored Pork Sausage Links'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.