Olive Loaf
Olive Loaf by Eckrich has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.2 out of 5, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.92 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
Olive Loaf draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Olive Loaf sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.2 Top 93% higher than 7% 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
- Sodium Phosphates - 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
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, PORK, OLIVES (OLIVES STUFFED WITH MINCED PIMENTO [CONTAINS SODIUM ALGINATE, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM CHLORIDE], WATER, SALT, LACTIC ACID), NONFAT DRY MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SWEET RED PEPPERS, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BEEF, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, FLAVORINGS, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Olive Loaf: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Eckrich
- Barcode
- 0027815001190
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Olive Loaf rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.2/5, Olive Loaf sits behind 93% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.2/5 rating on Olive Loaf?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.2/5 average places Olive Loaf in the Mixed Evidence 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.