Caution

Classic Whip Dressing

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110023049 · Kroger · Null. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110023049 · Serving size 17g

The verdict

Classic Whip Dressing by Kroger scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Water, High-fructose corn syrup, Soybean Oil. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10023049 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Classic Whip Dressing label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Lemon & Pepper · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023049 · July 2026

9 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 10023049 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Lemon & Pepper Seasoning · Nearest score peer is Lemon & Pepper Seasoning at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Classic Whip Dressing: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Classic Whip Dressing75/1002. Lemon & Pepper Seasoning: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lemon & Pepper Seasoning75/1003. Soda: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Soda75/1004. nacho cheese chips: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. nacho cheese chips75/1005. Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Winter’s Basket Fudge Dip…75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Classic Whip Dressing (75/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Classic Whip Dressing
75/100
Lemon & Pepper Seasoning
75/100
Soda
75/100
nacho cheese chips
75/100
Winter’s Basket Fudge Dipped Pepperment Soft Batch Cookies
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,202 products we've scored in the Null category, the average safety score is 95.1/100. Classic Whip Dressing scores 20.1 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 95.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Null products

Classic Whip Dressing lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 1,052 products we track

0–2: 33 products (3%). Below this entry. 2–4: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 51 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 73 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 54 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 95 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 132 products (13%). Below this entry. 16–18: 191 products (18%). Below this entry. 18–20: 119 products (11%). Below this entry. 20–22: 47 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 13 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 7 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 10 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 11 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 23 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Null product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,052 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
33 products (3%)
2–4
56 products (5%)
4–6
51 products (5%)
6–8
73 products (7%)
8–10
54 products (5%)
10–12
112 products (11%)
12–14
95 products (9%)
14–16
132 products (13%)
16–18
191 products (18%)
18–20
119 products (11%)
20–22
47 products (4%)
22–24
12 products (1%)
24–26
13 products (1%)
26–28
7 products (1%)
28–30
10 products (1%)
30–32
4 products (0%)
32–34
11 products (1%)
34–36
5 products (0%)
36–38
2 products (0%)
38–40
2 products (0%)
40 and above
23 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,052 Null products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 24 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Soybean Oil
4
Dried Vinegar
5
Corn Starch
6
Cellulose Gel
7
Cellulose Gum
8
Egg Yolks
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
11
Olive Oil
12
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
13
Gum Arabic
14
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
15
Triglycerides
16
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Titanium Doixide
19
For Color
20
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
21
Mustard Flour
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
22
Paprika
23
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Diosodium Edta
24
Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, EGG YOLKS, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: PROPYLENE GLYCOL, OLIVE OIL, CITRIC ACID, GUM ARABIC, COCONUT OIL, TRIGLYCERIDES, TOCOPHEROLS, YELLOW 6, TITANIUM DOIXIDE (FOR COLOR), XANTHAN GUM, MUSTARD FLOUR, PAPRIKA, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CALCIUM DIOSODIUM EDTA (PRESERVATIVES).

Categories

Null

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Classic Whip Dressing

Neighbours outside Kroger near Classic Whip Dressing's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Classic Whip Dressing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Classic Whip Dressing's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110023049: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.