Naturally Hardwood Classic Smoked Sausage Made With Pork & Beef Coarse Grind
Naturally Hardwood Classic Smoked Sausage Made With Pork & Beef Coarse Grind by Private Selection has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Naturally Hardwood Classic Smoked Sausage Made With Pork & Beef Coarse Grind 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 Naturally Hardwood Classic Smoked Sausage Made With Pork & Beef Coarse Grind 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
- Sodium Nitrite - 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
meat (pork, beef), water, salt, contains 2% or less sugar, flavorings, dried vinegar powder, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite
Product Details
- Brand
- Private Selection
- Barcode
- 0011110602077
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Naturally Hardwood Classic Smoked Sausage Made With Pork & Beef Coarse Grind rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Naturally Hardwood Classic Smoked Sausage Made With Pork & Beef Coarse Grind sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Naturally Hardwood Classic Smoked Sausage Made With Pork & Beef Coarse Grind's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence tier.
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