Lanovara Specialty Foods Inc Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce

Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce: 5/5 ingredient safety

Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce by Lanovara Specialty Foods Inc 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 D.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Condiments / Sauces / Hot sauces / Groceries

How This Score Is Built

Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce 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
D
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

Ketchup (tomato concentrate, high fructose corn syrup, vinegar, corn syrup, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavors), sweet relish (cucumbers, high fructose corn syrup, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, mustard seed, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (as a preservative), natural flavors, dehydrated red bell peppers, fd&c yellow #5, polysorbate 80), water, mustard (vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika), sugar, spices, modified food starch, potassium sorbate (as a preservative).

Product Details

Barcode
0019054655609
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 5/5 rating on Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Zweigle's, Hot Dog Sauce'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.