Dressing & marinade
by Bernstein's
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041321016110 · Bernstein's · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Dressing & marinade by Bernstein's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Buttermilk, Cultured Pasteurized Organic Skim Milk And Milk, Sodium Citrate And Salt. 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.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 50 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
55/100
Grade C
Ingredient Safety
85/100
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.
21016110 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Dressing & marinade label screening desk
13 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 21016110 · 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: Light Ranch Dressing · Nearest score peer is Light Ranch Dressing 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.
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 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Dressing & marinade scores 13.3 points below that category average (85/100 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
Dressing & marinade lists 50 ingredients on its label
50 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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
- 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 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Buttermilk (cultured pasteurized skim milk and milk, sodium citrate and salt), water, soybean oil, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, maltodextrin, distilled vinegar, contains less than 2% of salt, garlic*, canola oil, food starchmodified, microcrystalline cellulose and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, whey solids (whey powder, cultured whey), granular cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), lactic acid, monosodium glutamate, phosphoric acid, onion*, propylene glycol alginate, cheese* (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), cultured skim milk* (includes barley), pectin, sorbic acid, xanthan gum, disodium phosphate, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (as preservatives), lemon juice concentrate, spices, natural flavors, artificial color (titanium dioxide), buttermilk solids, polysorbate 60, milk solids, parsley*, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, citric acid, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor.
Other products containing Microcrystalline Cellulose And Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose
Microcrystalline Cellulose And Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Dressing & marinade
Neighbours outside Bernstein's with screening scores in the same high band as Dressing & marinade (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bernstein's; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 50 on 0041321016110).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (50 on 0041321016110).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dressing & marinade's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
- Compare Dressing & marinade'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 0041321016110: 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.