Safe

Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit

by Taylor Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223041504 · Taylor Farms · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223041504 · Serving size 1 cup (100 g)

The verdict

Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit by Taylor Farms scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 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 53-component record, beginning with Green Cabbage, Avocado Ranch Dressing, Canola Oil. 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 53 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

23041504 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Southwest style salad · ±0 BOOK-OFF …041504 · July 2026

14 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 23041504 · 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: Southwest style salad with chicken · Nearest score peer is Southwest style salad with chicken 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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

1. Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit95/1002. Southwest style salad with chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Southwest style salad wit…95/1003. Roast Beef Pinwheels: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Roast Beef Pinwheels95/1004. Real Foods, Roast Beef & Cheddar Half Sub: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Real Foods, Roast Beef & …95/1005. Roast Beef & Cheddar On Whole Grain Bread: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Roast Beef & Cheddar On W…95/100
High-band neighbours for Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit (95/100) outside Taylor Farms.
Chart values as text

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

Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit
95/100
Southwest style salad with chicken
95/100
Roast Beef Pinwheels
95/100
Real Foods, Roast Beef & Cheddar Half Sub
95/100
Roast Beef & Cheddar On Whole Grain Bread
95/100

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. Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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: 53 (87th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Green Cabbage
2
Avocado Ranch Dressing
3
Canola Oil
4
Non Fat Sour Cream
5
Cultured Skim Milk
6
Corn Starch
7
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
8
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
9
Locust Bean Gum
10
Water
11
Avocado
12
Egg Yolk
13
Cilantro
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Distilled Vinegar
17
Corn Starch
18
Onion
19
Apple Cider Vinegar
20
Gluconic acid
pH Control
Safe
21
Spices
22
Lime Juice Concentrate
23
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
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
26
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
27
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
28
Cultured Dextrose
29
Red Pepper
30
Dehydrated Bell Pepper
31
Mixed Tocopherols
32
Mustard Flour
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Fruit Juices And Turmeric Extract
34
Color
35
Natural Flavors
36
Guar Gum
37
Lemon Peel
38
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
39
Romaine Lettuce
40
Carrot
41
Taco Cheese Blend
42
Pasteurized Milk
43
Cheese Culture
44
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
45
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Vegetable Color
47
Enzymes
48
Natural Flavor
49
Paprika Oleoresin
50
Potato Flour
51
Spice
52
Green Onion
53
Corn

Full Ingredient List

GREEN CABBAGE, AVOCADO RANCH DRESSING (canola oil, non fat sour cream (cultured skim milk, corn starch, tapioca starch, carrageenan, locust bean gum), water, avocado, egg yolk, cilantro, sugar, salt, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, dried onion, apple cider vinegar, gluconic acid, spices, lime juice concentrate, maltodextrin, dried garlic, dextrose, lactic acid, xanthan gum, cultured dextrose, dried red pepper, dried bell pepper, mixed tocopherols, mustard flour, fruit juices and turmeric extract (color), natural flavors, guar gum, dried lemon peel, citric acid), ROMAINE LETTUCE, CARROT, TACO CHEESE BLEND (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), contains less than 2% of: annatto (vegetable color), enzymes, maltodextrin, natural flavor, paprika oleoresin (color), potato flour, salt, spice, sugar), GREEN ONION, CORN, CILANTRO.

Other products containing Taco Cheese Blend

Taco Cheese Blend is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Prepared salads

High-score cross-brand comparables for Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit

Neighbours outside Taylor Farms with screening scores in the same high band as Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Taylor Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit'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 0030223041504: 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.