Caution

Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

by Ken's Steak House

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041335001690 · Ken's Steak House. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041335001690 · Serving size 2 tbsp (31 g)

The verdict

Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing by Ken's Steak House scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 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 32-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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 32 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

35001690 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Karamucho Flat Hot · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001690 · July 2026

11 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 35001690 · 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: Karamucho Flat Hot Chili KOIKEYA · Nearest score peer is Karamucho Flat Hot Chili KOIKEYA 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 Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lite Chunky Blue Cheese D…85/1002. Karamucho Flat Hot Chili KOIKEYA: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Karamucho Flat Hot Chili …85/1003. Southwest Ranch Dressing Topping & Spared: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Southwest Ranch Dressing…85/1004. Dunkin donuts milk chocolate hot cocoa flavored mix k cup pods: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Dunkin donuts milk chocol…85/1005. Hot Cocoa Milk Chocolate: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hot Cocoa Milk Chocolate85/100
High-band neighbours for Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing (85/100) outside Ken's Steak House.
Chart values as text

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

Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
85/100
Karamucho Flat Hot Chili KOIKEYA
85/100
Southwest Ranch Dressing Topping & Spared
85/100
Dunkin donuts milk chocolate hot cocoa flavored mix k cup pods
85/100
Hot Cocoa Milk Chocolate
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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: 32 (88th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Soybean
4
Canola
5
Distilled Vinegar
6
Blue Cheese
7
Pasteurized Milk
8
Cheese Cultures
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enzymes
11
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
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Egg Yolk
14
Cellulose Gel And Cellulose Gum
15
Natural Flavor
16
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
17
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
18
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Milk
20
Propylene Glycol Alginate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Approved
21
Sodium Acid And Calcium Caseinates
22
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
23
Lemon Juice Concentrate
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
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
26
With Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Disodium Edta As Preservatives
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
Color
29
Onion
30
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
31
Yeast Extract
32
Spice

Full Ingredient List

WATER, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), DISTILLED VINEGAR, BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: EGG YOLK, CELLULOSE GEL AND CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, PHOSPHORIC ACID, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (MILK), PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, SODIUM ACID AND CALCIUM CASEINATES, XANTHAN GUM, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, GARLIC*, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA AS PRESERVATIVES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), ONION*, LACTIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

Neighbours outside Ken's Steak House with screening scores in the same high band as Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing (85/100 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 Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing'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 0041335001690: 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.