Uncured Beef Corn Dogs
Uncured Beef Corn Dogs by Applegate Naturals 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
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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 Uncured Beef Corn Dogs, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Uncured Beef Corn Dogs 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
UNCURED HOT DOG: BEEF**, WATER. CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SEA SALT, PAPRIKA, DEHYDRATED ONION, SPICES, NUTMEG OIL, CELERY POWDER. GLUTEN-FREE BATTER: YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SUGAR, YELLOW CORN MEAL, TAPIOCA STARCH, RICE FLOUR, EGG WHITES, SOY FLOUR, SUNFLOWER OIL, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), EGG YOLKS, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, VANILLA FLAVOR (DEXTROSE, NATURAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING VANILLA EXTRACT), CORN STARCH).
Product Details
- Brand
- Applegate Naturals
- Barcode
- 0025317007214
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Uncured Beef Corn Dogs above or below average on ingredient safety?
Uncured Beef Corn Dogs scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 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; Uncured Beef Corn Dogs'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.