Caution

Lite Ranch Dressing

by Ken's Steak House

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041335000631 · Ken's Steak House. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041335000631 · Serving size 1 serving (30 g)

The verdict

Lite Ranch Dressing by Ken's Steak House scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 33-component record, beginning with Water, Vegetable Oil, Soybean. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 33 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

35000631 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lite Ranch Dressing label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Ken's, light options, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000631 · July 2026

8 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 35000631 · 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: Ken's, light options, dressing, ranch, ranch · Nearest score peer is Ken's, light options, dressing, ranch, ranch 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.

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.

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. Lite Ranch Dressing: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lite Ranch Dressing80/1002. Ken's, light options, dressing, ranch, ranch: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ken's, light options, dre…80/1003. French with smoked bacon dressing: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. French with smoked bacon …80/1004. Ken's, light options, caesar dressing: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ken's, light options, cae…80/1005. Ranch Dressing: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ranch Dressing80/100
High-band neighbours for Lite Ranch Dressing (80/100) outside Ken's Steak House.
Chart values as text

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

Lite Ranch Dressing
80/100
Ken's, light options, dressing, ranch, ranch
80/100
French with smoked bacon dressing
80/100
Ken's, light options, caesar dressing
80/100
Ranch Dressing
80/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Lite Ranch Dressing lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 33 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Soybean
4
Canola
5
Buttermilk
6
Distilled Vinegar
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
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
9
Egg Yolk
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Modified Food Starch
12
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
13
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
14
Vegetable Base
15
Carrot
16
Onion
17
Celery
18
Corn Oil
19
Potato Flour
20
Onion Powder
21
Natural Flavor
22
Carrot Powder
23
Garlic Powder
24
Msg
25
Milk
26
Disodium Phosphate
27
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
28
For Color
29
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
30
Sorbic Acid And Calcium Disodium Edta As Preservatives
31
Spice
32
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
33
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate

Full Ingredient List

WATER, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), BUTTERMILK, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, EGG YOLK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PHOSPHORIC ACID, GARLIC,* VEGETABLE BASE [(CARROT, ONION, AND CELERY), SALT, SUGAR, CORN OIL, POTATO FLOUR, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARROT POWDER, GARLIC POWDER], MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL FLAVOR (MILK), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), XANTHAN GUM, ONION,* SORBIC ACID AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA AS PRESERVATIVES, SPICE, CARRAGEENAN, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lite Ranch Dressing

Neighbours outside Ken's Steak House with screening scores in the same high band as Lite Ranch Dressing (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ken's Steak House; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lite Ranch Dressing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Lite Ranch Dressing'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 0041335000631: 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.