Big Y, Big Y Foods Inc. Nutri-Score B NOVA 3

Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked

Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked: 2.7/5 ingredient safety

Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked by Big Y, Big Y Foods Inc. has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 2.7 out of 5, 1.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

Meats and their products / Frozen foods / Meats / Frozen meats

How This Score Is Built

Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked 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). 3 of its 3 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 Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked sits nationally

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

2.7 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

2.7
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 2.7 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score
2 ingredients flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

Cured with: water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0018894329824
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 2.7/5, Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked's 2.7/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Turkey Bacon, Wood Smoked's mapped ingredients average out to 2.7/5, 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.