Caution

French Onion Dip

by Dean's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0026700129032 · Dean's · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0026700129032 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 g)

The verdict

French Onion Dip by Dean's scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Skim Milk, Whey, Milk. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 24 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

00129032 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

French Onion Dip label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Lemonade · ±0 BOOK-OFF …129032 · July 2026

11 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00129032 · 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: Lemonade · Nearest score peer is Lemonade 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.

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.

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. French Onion Dip: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. French Onion Dip70/1002. Lemonade: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lemonade70/1003. Loaded Potato Bites, Bacon & Ranch: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Loaded Potato Bites, Baco…70/1004. Oohrah!, Hydration Drink, Pink Lemonade: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Oohrah!, Hydration Drink,…70/1005. Oohrah!, Hydration Drink, Salutin' Orange: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Oohrah!, Hydration Drink,…70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for French Onion Dip (70/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

French Onion Dip
70/100
Lemonade
70/100
Loaded Potato Bites, Bacon & Ranch
70/100
Oohrah!, Hydration Drink, Pink Lemonade
70/100
Oohrah!, Hydration Drink, Salutin' Orange
70/100

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. French Onion Dip scores 28.3 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

French Onion Dip lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 24 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
3
Milk
4
Palm Oil
5
Water
6
Onion
7
Dehydrated Parsley
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
11
Hydrolyzed Torula And Brewer's Yeast Protein
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
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
14
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
15
Msg
16
Food Starch-modified
17
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
18
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Locust Bean Gum
20
Soy Lecithin
21
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
22
Guar Gum
23
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
24
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

skim milk, whey (milk), palm oil, water, contains less than 2% of onion*, parsley*, salt, sugar, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, hydrolyzed torula and brewer's yeast protein, citric acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, monosodium glutamate, food starch-modified, gelatin, sodium hexametaphosphate, locust bean gum, soy lecithin, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), guar gum, carrageenan, yellow 5 , 6,

Other products containing Hydrolyzed Torula And Brewer's Yeast Protein

Hydrolyzed Torula And Brewer's Yeast Protein is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 11 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Dips Groceries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for French Onion Dip

Neighbours outside Dean's near French Onion Dip's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dean's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from French Onion Dip'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare French Onion Dip'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 0026700129032: 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.