Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon
Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon by Rouses 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
How This Score Is Built
Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon 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 Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon 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
- Sodium Nitrite - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Full Ingredients List
water, salt, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite
Product Details
- Brand
- Rouses
- Barcode
- 0015418017465
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon above or below average on ingredient safety?
Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3/5 rating on Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence tier.
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