Original pepperoni slices
Original pepperoni slices by Hormel has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meats and their products / Prepared meats / Cured sausages / Pepperoni
How This Score Is Built
Original pepperoni slices 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). 2 of its 2 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 Original pepperoni slices sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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
PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF WATER, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLESSIN OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID.
Product Details
- Brand
- Hormel
- Barcode
- 0037600816120
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Original pepperoni slices above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Original pepperoni slices's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Original pepperoni slices's 3.5/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Original pepperoni slices's 3.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.