Lettuce, imitation crab meat, hard boiled egg, grape tomatoes and olives with a louie dressing salad, seafood louie salad

85
Caution
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 1 flagged ingredient

Lettuce, imitation crab meat, hard boiled egg, grape tomatoes and olives with a louie dressing salad, seafood louie salad receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0021130208159
Nutri-Score
c
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
1.5 cup (100 g)

What the Data Says About

Lettuce, imitation crab meat, hard boiled egg, grape tomatoes and olives with a louie dressing salad, seafood louie salad carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Lettuce, imitation crab meat, hard boiled egg, grape tomatoes and olives with a louie dressing salad, seafood louie salad is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of C reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Lettuce, imitation crab meat, hard boiled egg, grape tomatoes and olives with a louie dressing salad, seafood louie salad
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 85/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 1 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score C OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Romaine Lettuce
2
Louie Dressing
3
Soybean Oil
4
Water
5
Distilled Vinegar
6
Tomato Paste
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Egg Yolks
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Horseradish
11
Food Starch-modified
12
Lemon Juice Concentrate
13
Spices
14
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
15
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
16
A Preservative
17
Onion
18
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor
20
Paprika
21
Artificial Flavor
22
Imitation Crab Meat
23
Fish Protein
24
Alaska Pollock
25
Pacific Whiting
26
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Brine
28
Soy Lecithin
29
Natural Flavors
30
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
32
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Wheat Flour
34
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
35
Crab Extract {Blue Crab}
36
Egg Whites
37
Artificial Flavors
38
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
39
Color Added
40
Carmine
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
41
Canthaxanthin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
Color Additive
42
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
43
Hard Cooked Egg
44
Grape Tomatoes
45
Olives
46
Ripe Olives
47
Ferrous Gluconate Added To Stabilize Color
48
Red Cabbage
49
Carrot

Full Ingredient List

Romaine lettuce, louie dressing (soybean oil, water, distilled vinegar, tomato paste, sugar, egg yolks, salt, contains less than 2% of horseradish, food starch-modified, lemon juice concentrate, spices, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate [a preservative], dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor, paprika, artificial flavor), imitation crab meat (fish protein [alaska pollock and/or pacific whiting], water, wheat starch, brine [water, salt, soy lecithin, natural flavors, sodium tripolyphosphate], sugar, potato starch, sorbitol, salt, wheat flour, natural flavors [hydrolyzed soy protein, crab extract {blue crab}], egg whites, artificial flavors, sodium tripolyphosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, color added [carmine, paprika, canthaxanthin, titanium dioxide]), hard cooked egg, grape tomatoes, olives (ripe olives, water, salt, ferrous gluconate added to stabilize color), red cabbage, carrot.

Categories

Salted-snacks

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial