Pork Skins, Barbecue
Pork Skins, Barbecue by Jays 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
Pork Skins, Barbecue 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 Pork Skins, Barbecue 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - 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
Fried pork skins, salt, sugar, torula yeast, monosodium glutamate, tomato powder, rice flour, onion powder, spices, extractives of paprika, tricalcium phosphate, ground chili pepper, garlic powder, spice extractives.
Product Details
- Brand
- Jays
- Barcode
- 0041200097025
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Pork Skins, Barbecue rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Pork Skins, Barbecue's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Pork Skins, Barbecue's 3/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pork Skins, Barbecue's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is 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.