Applegate Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar

Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar: 5/5 ingredient safety

Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar by Applegate 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 E.

  • 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

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar has a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Cheddar cheese: pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (non-animal). uncured turkey pepperoni: turkey**, sea salt. contains less than 2% of the following: turbinado sugar, water, spices, cultured celery powder, granulated garlic, cherry powder, lactic acid starter culture (not from milk), rosemary extract, oleoresin of paprika, lime juice concentrate. crackers: enriched unbleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), buttermilk (cultured lowfat milk, sodium citrate, salt, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3), expeller pressed non-gmo canola oil, cane sugar, extra virgin olive oil,sea salt, kosher salt, baking soda.

Product Details

Barcode
0025317668675
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Whole Foods

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Frequently asked questions

How does Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar's safety score compare to other products?

Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar 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?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Uncured turkey pepperoni & cheddar's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is 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.