Kroger Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast

Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast: 3.6/5 ingredient safety

Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast by Kroger has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.6 out of 5, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.52 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. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast have 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 Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast sits nationally

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

3.6 Top 87% higher than 13% 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

3.6
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.6 out of 5
Based on 7 tracked ingredients
7
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
5
Low Risk / Safe
A
Nutri-Score
2 ingredients flagged for safety concerns

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

TURKEY BREAST, TURKEY BROTH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SUGAR, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SODIUM LACTATE, SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, NATURAL FLAVOR.

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110978059
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast rank on ingredient safety?

Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast scores 3.6 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 87% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.6/5 rating on Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast's 3.6/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk 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.