Spicy Jalapeño
Spicy Jalapeño by Al Fresco has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meats and their products / Meat preparations / Prepared meats / Chicken and its products / Sausages / Chicken preparations / Poultry sausages / Chicken sausages
How This Score Is Built
Spicy Jalapeño 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Spicy Jalapeño sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
CHICKEN, ROASTED RED PEPPERS, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DRIED JALAPENO PEPPERS, SEA SALT, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, IN A NATURAL PORK CASING
Product Details
- Brand
- Al Fresco
- Barcode
- 0030771027708
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Spicy Jalapeño rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Spicy Jalapeño's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Spicy Jalapeño's 5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe 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.