Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch
by Wish-Bone
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041321261176 · Wish-Bone · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch by Wish-Bone scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Soybean Oil, Water, Distilled Vinegar. 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.
- 45/100
- Avoid safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 40 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
30/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
45/100
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.
21261176 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch label screening desk
13 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 21261176 · 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 Western Sweet & Smooth Dressing · Nearest score peer is Light Western Sweet & Smooth 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.
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 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch scores 53.3 points below that category average (45/100 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
Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch lists 40 ingredients on its label
40 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products 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 45/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Soybean oil, water, distilled vinegar, sugar, contains less than 2% of each of the following: imitation bacon bits [textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color, red 3, yellow 6), soybean oil, water, salt, natural flavor, hydrolyzed corn, soy and wheat protein], salt, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, garlic powder, onion powder, whey (milk), autolyzed yeast extract, monosodium glutamate, phosphoric acid, sorbic acid and calcium disodium edta (used to protect quality), maltodextrin, natural flavor (milk), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), polysorbate 60, dehydrated green onion, mono and diglycerides, spice, annatto extract (for color), butter (cream, salt,) disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate.
Other products containing Imitation Bacon Bits
Imitation Bacon Bits is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 54 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch
Neighbours outside Wish-Bone in the same lower screening band as Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wish-Bone; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 40 on 0041321261176).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (40 on 0041321261176).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
- Compare Wish-bone, flavored dressing, cheddar bacon ranch'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 0041321261176: 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.