Tocino seasoning
Tocino seasoning by Spam has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Canned foods / Meats and their products / Meats / Canned meats
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 Tocino seasoning, 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 Tocino seasoning sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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
- Sodium Phosphates - 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
Pork with ham, sugar, water, modified potato starch, salt, sodium phosphates, flavoring, spice, oleoresin of paprika, sodium nitrite.
Product Details
- Brand
- Spam
- Barcode
- 0037600316392
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tocino seasoning above or below average on ingredient safety?
Tocino seasoning scores 2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 100% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 2/5 rating on Tocino seasoning?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Tocino seasoning's mapped ingredients average out to 2/5, which is the Caution 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.