David Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds

Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds by David has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Seeds / Sunflower seeds and their products / Sunflower seeds / Roasted sunflower seeds

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

SUNFLOWER SEEDS, SALT, CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, BUTTERMILK POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, WHEY POWDER, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, SUGAR, TOMATO POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, DISODIUM INOSINATE & DISODIUM GUANYLATE, GUM ACACIA, NATURAL FLAVOR.

Product Details

Brand
David
Barcode
0026200467726
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds's safety score compare to other products?

Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Ranch Jumbo Sunflower Seeds's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.