Tennessee Valley Ham Co. Inc. Nutri-Score C NOVA 3

Value Biscuit Country Ham

Value Biscuit Country Ham: 2/5 ingredient safety

Value Biscuit Country Ham by Tennessee Valley Ham Co. Inc. 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 C, 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 3

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How This Score Is Built

Value Biscuit Country Ham 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 Value Biscuit Country Ham 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

2
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
C
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

CURING INGREDIENTS: SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM NITRATE, SODIUM NITRITE.

Product Details

Barcode
0021002001840
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Value Biscuit Country Ham's safety score compare to other products?

Value Biscuit Country Ham 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 Value Biscuit Country Ham?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 2/5 average places Value Biscuit Country Ham in 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.