Chef Salad
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130336708 · Signature Select · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Chef Salad by Signature Select scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-component record, beginning with Iceberg Lettuce, Ranch Dressing, Nonfat Buttermilk. 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.
- 80/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 53 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
58/100
Grade C
Ingredient Safety
80/100
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.
30336708 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Chef Salad label screening desk
19 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 30336708 · 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: Refreshe, ice sparkling green tea, mango · Nearest score peer is Refreshe, ice sparkling green tea, mango 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 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.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 6,228 products we've scored in the Salted-snacks category, the average safety score is 94.1/100. Chef Salad scores 14.1 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 94.1/100), 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 Salted-snacks products
Chef Salad lists 53 ingredients on its label
53 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 5,429 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 3 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 222 products (4%)
- 4–6
- 793 products (15%)
- 6–8
- 689 products (13%)
- 8–10
- 1,036 products (19%)
- 10–12
- 817 products (15%)
- 12–14
- 570 products (10%)
- 14–16
- 243 products (4%)
- 16–18
- 168 products (3%)
- 18–20
- 67 products (1%)
- 20–22
- 47 products (1%)
- 22–24
- 30 products (1%)
- 24–26
- 41 products (1%)
- 26–28
- 32 products (1%)
- 28–30
- 36 products (1%)
- 30–32
- 41 products (1%)
- 32–34
- 47 products (1%)
- 34–36
- 47 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 46 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 47 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 407 products (7%)
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 5,429 Salted-snacks 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 80/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Iceberg lettuce, ranch dressing (nonfat buttermilk [whey, water, skim milk powder, corn starch, tapioca starch, carrageenan, locust bean gum, culture], canola oil, water, egg yolk, distilled vinegar, seasoning blend [salt, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, dried garlic, dried onion, disodium inosinate and guanylate, natural flavor, autolyzed yeast extract, spice, parsley, buttermilk powder, guar gum, soybean oil], sugar, salt, cultured skim milk powder, disodium phosphate, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate [to protect quality], mustard flour, guar gum), ham with natural juices (ham cured with water, contains 2% or less of sugar, salt, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, sodium phosphates), swiss cheese (swiss cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes], potato starch [to prevent caking], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], natamycin [mold inhibitor]), turkey breast (turkey breast, water, contains 2% or less of: sugar, salt, sodium phosphates [preservative], sodium diacetate [preservative], sodium nitrite [preservative], potassium lactate [preservative], sodium erythorbate [preservative]).
Other products containing Cultured Skim Milk Powder
Cultured Skim Milk Powder is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 24 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Chef Salad
Neighbours outside Signature Select with screening scores in the same high band as Chef Salad (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Signature Select; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 53 on 0021130336708).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (53 on 0021130336708).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chef Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
- Compare Chef Salad's 2 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 0021130336708: 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.