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Hidden valley, dressing, caesar

by Hidden Valley

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071100210675 · Hidden Valley · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071100210675 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 ml)

The verdict

Hidden valley, dressing, caesar by Hidden Valley scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Water, Soybean Oil, Maltodextrin. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 44 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00210675 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hidden valley, dressing, caesar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Browning & Seasoning · ±0 BOOK-OFF …210675 · July 2026

15 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 00210675 · 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: Browning & Seasoning Sauce · Nearest score peer is Browning & Seasoning Sauce at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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

1. Hidden valley, dressing, caesar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hidden valley, dressing, …95/1002. Browning & Seasoning Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Browning & Seasoning Sauce95/1003. Browning & Seasoning Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Browning & Seasoning Sauce95/1004. Browning & Seasoning Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Browning & Seasoning Sauce95/1005. Potato Chips: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Potato Chips95/100
High-band neighbours for Hidden valley, dressing, caesar (95/100) outside Hidden Valley.
Chart values as text

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

Hidden valley, dressing, caesar
95/100
Browning & Seasoning Sauce
95/100
Browning & Seasoning Sauce
95/100
Browning & Seasoning Sauce
95/100
Potato Chips
95/100

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. Hidden valley, dressing, caesar scores 3.3 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 98.3/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Condiments products

Hidden valley, dressing, caesar lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Soybean Oil
3
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
4
Egg Yolk
5
Nonfat Dry Milk
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Onion
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
10
Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk
11
Cultured
12
Part-skim Milk
13
Enzymes
14
Parmesan Cheese
15
Milk
16
Cheese Cultures
17
Spices
18
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Tomato Paste
20
White Wine Solids
21
Lemon Juice Concentrate
22
Tamarind
23
Milk Protein
24
Butter
25
Molasses
26
Anchovy
27
Natural Flavors
28
Soy
29
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
30
Wheat Maltodextrin
31
Dried Vinegar
32
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
33
Modified Food Starch
34
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
35
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
36
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
37
Msg
38
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
39
Disodium Phosphate Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
40
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
41
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
42
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
43
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
44
And Calcium Disodium Edta As Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

Water, soybean oil, maltodextrin, egg yolk, nonfat dry milk, sugar, dried onion, salt, dried garlic, less than 1% of: romano cheese from cow's milk (cultured, part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spices, garlic, tomato paste, white wine solids, lemon juice concentrate, tamarind, milk protein, butter, molasses, anchovy, natural flavors (soy), corn syrup, wheat maltodextrin, vinegar, phosphoric acid, modified food starch, xanthan gum, propylene glycol alginate, lactic acid, monosodium glutamate, autolyzed yeast extract, disodium phosphate disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, caramel color, with sorbic acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, and calcium disodium edta as preservatives.

Other products containing White Wine Solids

White Wine Solids is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hidden valley, dressing, caesar

Neighbours outside Hidden Valley with screening scores in the same high band as Hidden valley, dressing, caesar (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hidden Valley; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hidden valley, dressing, caesar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Hidden valley, dressing, caesar'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 0071100210675: 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.