Macaroni Salad
by Tops
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070784032160 · Tops · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Macaroni Salad by Tops scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Semolina, Wheat. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 46 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- C
- 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
53/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
70/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
C
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.
84032160 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Macaroni Salad label screening desk
12 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 84032160 · 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 Nonfat Greek Yogurt · Nearest score peer is Light Nonfat Greek Yogurt 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.
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. Macaroni Salad scores 23.6 points below that category average (70/100 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
Macaroni Salad lists 46 ingredients on its label
46 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 12 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 83 products (1%)
- 4–6
- 127 products (1%)
- 6–8
- 209 products (2%)
- 8–10
- 312 products (3%)
- 10–12
- 315 products (3%)
- 12–14
- 412 products (4%)
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- 477 products (4%)
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- 542 products (5%)
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- 552 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 545 products (5%)
- 22–24
- 550 products (5%)
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- 552 products (5%)
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- 552 products (5%)
- 28–30
- 574 products (5%)
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- 517 products (5%)
- 32–34
- 466 products (4%)
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- 451 products (4%)
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- 443 products (4%)
- 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 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Enriched macaroni product (semolina [wheat], niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid); mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice [from concentrate], oleoresin paprika, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta [used to protect quality]); relish (cucumbers, sugar, vinegar, salt, spices, alum, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate, yellow 5, polysorbate 80); water; red peppers (red peppers, water, citric acid); sugar; green peppers (green peppers, water, citric acid); mustard (distilled vinegar and water, #1 mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika and spices); onion*; salt; soybean oil; eggs; sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives); xanthan and guar gum (standardized with dextrose); spice; nisin, natural flavor.
Other products containing Paprika And Spices
Paprika And Spices is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 24 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Tops
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Macaroni Salad
Neighbours outside Tops near Macaroni Salad's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tops; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 46 on 0070784032160).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (46 on 0070784032160).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Macaroni Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
- Compare Macaroni Salad'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 0070784032160: 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.