Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite
by Kraft
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021000026395 · Kraft · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite by Kraft scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with Water, Dried Vinegar, Sugar. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 95/100
- Safe safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 41 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- D
- 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
60/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
95/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
D
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.
00026395 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite label screening desk
14 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 00026395 · 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: Campbell's gravy pork · Nearest score peer is Campbell's gravy pork at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.
This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.
The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 98.3/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Condiments products
Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite lists 41 ingredients on its label
41 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products we track
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
- 0–2
- 186 products (1%)
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- 1,031 products (4%)
- 4–6
- 1,392 products (5%)
- 6–8
- 2,093 products (8%)
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- 2,811 products (10%)
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- 3,070 products (11%)
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- 2,818 products (10%)
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- 2,724 products (10%)
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- 2,451 products (9%)
- 18–20
- 2,045 products (8%)
- 20–22
- 1,563 products (6%)
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- 1,244 products (5%)
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- 934 products (3%)
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- 694 products (3%)
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- 551 products (2%)
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- 420 products (2%)
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- 38–40
- 134 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 346 products (1%)
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 27,084 Condiments 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 95/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water, Vinegar, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Canola Oil, Romano Cheese Made From Cow'S Milk (Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Parmesan Cheese (Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Contains Less Than 2% Of Sea Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavor, Buttermilk*, Garlic*, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Spice, Phosphoric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Horseradish, Citric Acid, Onions*, Molasses, Salt, Polysorbate 60, Corn Syrup, Lactic Acid, Sour Cream* (Cream, Skim Milk, Cultures), Soybean Oil, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Lemon Juice, Caramel Color, Tamarind, Artificial Flavor (Contains Mustard), Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Disodium Edta (To Protect Flavor)
Other products containing Romano Cheese Made From Cow's Milk
Romano Cheese Made From Cow's Milk is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 325 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Kraft
High-score cross-brand comparables for Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite
Neighbours outside Kraft with screening scores in the same high band as Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kraft; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 41 on 0021000026395).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (41 on 0021000026395).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
- Compare Creamy Caesar Dressing, Lite'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 0021000026395: 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.