Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken
by Taylor Farms
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223050001 · Taylor Farms · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken by Taylor Farms scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 84 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 84-component record, beginning with Romaine Lettuce, Caesar 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.
- 65/100
- Concern safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 84 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- E
- 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
40/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
65/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
E
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.
23050001 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken label screening desk
28 of 84 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 23050001 · 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: high protein nutritional shake Vanilla artificially flavored · Nearest score peer is high protein nutritional shake Vanilla artificially flavored at the same screening score.
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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.
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 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken 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
Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken lists 84 ingredients on its label
84 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 12 products (0%)
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- 83 products (1%)
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- 127 products (1%)
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- 209 products (2%)
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- 312 products (3%)
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- 412 products (4%)
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- 574 products (5%)
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- 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 84 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Romaine lettuce, caesar dressing (canola oil, water parmesan cheese [milk, culture, salt, enzymes], egg yolk, dijon mustard [water, mustard seed, distilled vinegar, salt, white wine, citric acid, turmeric {color}, tartaric acid, spices], garlic, distilled vinegar, dried garlic, lemon juice concentrate, sugar, anchovies, salt, spice, anchovy powder [maltodextrin, anchovy extract, salt], xanthan gum, mustard flour, caramel color, annatto extract [color]), chicken breast meat with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, cultured sugar and vinegar, potato starch, sea salt, natural flavorings), parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], potato starch [to prevent caking], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), bacon pieces (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium nitrite, may also contain smoke flavoring, dextrose, brown sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium ascorbate, potassium chloride, flavoring), multigrain cheese garlic croutons (enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], canola and/or sunflower oil, whole wheat flour, whey, salt, yeast, 2% or less of high fructose corn syrup, rye meal, wheat gluten, caramel color, dehydrated parsley, garlic powder, calcium propionate [preservative], ascorbic acid, honey, natural and artificial flavor, parmesan cheese and enzyme modified cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], cultured nonfat milk, annatto [color], extractives of turmeric and paprika [color], enzymes, tbhq [to preserve freshness]).
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken
Neighbours outside Taylor Farms near Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Taylor Farms; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 84 on 0030223050001).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (84 on 0030223050001).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 84-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare Caesar with Bacon Salad with Chicken'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 0030223050001: 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.