Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo
Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo by Simple Truth has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo 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). 3 of its 3 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 Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
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
filtered water, wheat gluten, soybean oil, wheat protein isolate, yeast extract, less than 2% of: paprika (color), cinnamon, granulated sugar, spices, powdered sugar, salt, garlic, vinegar, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, paprika extract (color), spice extract
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Simple Truth
- Barcode
- 0011110129345
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Is Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.3/5 rating on Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Plant Based Sausage Meatless Chorizo's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, which is 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.