Concern

Italian style chopped salad chopped vegetable blend, fontina cheese, black olives, smoked turkey breast, genoa salami, and pepperoncini with a champagne vinaigrette

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130130016 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130130016 · Serving size 1 BOWL (149 g)

The verdict

Italian style chopped salad chopped vegetable blend, fontina cheese, black olives, smoked turkey breast, genoa salami, and pepperoncini with a champagne vinaigrette scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 68 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 68-component record, beginning with Vegetable Blend, Escarole, Endive. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 68 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

65/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

30130016 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Italian style chopped salad chopped vegetable blend, fontina cheese, black olives, smoked turkey breast, genoa salami, and pepperoncini with a champagne vinaigrette label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 68 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …130016 · July 2026

18 of 68 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 30130016 · 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

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Italian style chopped salad chopped vegetable blend, fontina cheese, black olives, smoked turkey breast, genoa salami, and pepperoncini with a champagne vinaigrette scores 28.6 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Italian style chopped salad chopped vegetable blend, fontina cheese, black olives, smoked turkey breast, genoa salami, and pepperoncini with a champagne vinaigrette lists 68 ingredients on its label

68 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 68 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 68 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Vegetable Blend
2
Escarole
3
Endive
4
Broccoli
5
Cauliflower
6
Organic Radicchio
7
Carrots
8
Red Cabbage
9
Ingredients May Vary By Season
10
Champagne Vinaigrette
11
Water
12
Soybean Oil
13
Canola Oil
14
Champagne Wine
15
White Balsamic Vinegar
16
White Wine Vinegar
17
Concentrated Grape Must
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Calcium Disodium Edta
21
Chives
22
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
23
Onion
24
Natural Flavors
25
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
26
As A Preservative
27
Spices
28
Mustard
29
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
30
Italian Style Fontina Cheese
31
Fontina Cheese
32
Pasteurized Milk
33
Cheese Cultures
34
Enzymes
35
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose
36
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
37
Mold Inhibitor
38
Black Olives
39
Olives
40
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
41
Ferrous Gluconate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Safe GRAS
42
Smoked Turkey Breast
43
Cured With Water
44
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
45
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
46
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
47
Sodium Phosphate
48
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
49
Flavoring
50
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
51
Mesquite Smoke Flavor
52
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
53
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
54
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
55
Genoa Salami
56
Pork
57
Beef
58
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
59
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
60
Garlic Powder
61
BHA
Avoid GRAS
62
Bht And Citric Acid
63
Added To Help Protect Flavor
64
Pepperoncini
65
Peppers
66
Distilled Vinegar
67
Sodium Benzoate And Sodium Bisulfite
68
Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

Vegetable blend (escarole, endive, broccoli, cauliflower, radicchio, carrots, red cabbage, ingredients may vary by season), champagne vinaigrette (water, soybean oil and/or canola oil, champagne wine, white balsamic vinegar [white wine vinegar, concentrated grape must], sugar, salt, contains less than 2% of: calcium disodium edta [to protect flavor], chives*, garlic*, onion*, natural flavors, sodium benzoate [as a preservative], spices [contains mustard], xanthan gum), italian style fontina cheese (fontina cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], potato starch and powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], natamycin [mold inhibitor]), black olives (olives, water, sea salt, ferrous gluconate [to stabilize color]), smoked turkey breast (cured with water, contains 2% or less of: salt, dextrose, modified cornstarch, sodium lactate, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, natural flavoring, sodium diacetate, natural mesquite smoke flavor, ascorbic acid, sodium nitrite, citric acid), genoa salami (pork, beef, salt, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, spices, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite, garlic powder, bha, bht and citric acid [added to help protect flavor]), pepperoncini (peppers, water, distilled vinegar, salt, citric acid, sodium benzoate and sodium bisulfite [preservatives]).

Categories

Meals Prepared salads Salads Salted-snacks

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italian style chopped salad chopped vegetable blend, fontina cheese, black olives, smoked turkey breast, genoa salami, and pepperoncini with a champagne vinaigrette's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 68-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Italian style chopped salad chopped vegetable blend, fontina cheese, black olives, smoked turkey breast, genoa salami, and pepperoncini with a champagne vinaigrette's 3 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 0021130130016: 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.