Safe

Original Potato Salad

by Reser's Fine Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071117183306 · Reser's Fine Foods · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071117183306 · Serving size 1/2 cup (135 g)

The verdict

Original Potato Salad by Reser's Fine Foods scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Mayonnaise, Soybean Oil. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 34 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

17183306 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Original Potato Salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-RARE Calcium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Home Style Cole · ±0 BOOK-OFF …183306 · July 2026

7 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Chloride). Source sheet 17183306 · 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: Home Style Cole Slaw · Nearest score peer is Home Style Cole Slaw 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.

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.

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. Original Potato Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Original Potato Salad100/1002. Home Style Cole Slaw: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Home Style Cole Slaw100/1003. Spinach Artichoke Parmesan Dip & Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Spinach Artichoke Parmesa…100/1004. Homestyle cole slaw, homestyle: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Homestyle cole slaw, home…100/1005. Macaroni salad, macaroni: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Macaroni salad, macaroni100/100
High-band neighbours for Original Potato Salad (100/100) outside Reser's Fine Foods.
Chart values as text

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

Original Potato Salad
100/100
Home Style Cole Slaw
100/100
Spinach Artichoke Parmesan Dip & Spread
100/100
Homestyle cole slaw, homestyle
100/100
Macaroni salad, macaroni
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 6,228 products we've scored in the Salted-snacks category, the average safety score is 94.1/100. Original Potato Salad scores 5.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 94.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Salted-snacks products

Original Potato Salad lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 5,429 products we track

0–2: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 222 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 793 products (15%). Below this entry. 6–8: 689 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,036 products (19%). Below this entry. 10–12: 817 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 570 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 243 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 168 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 67 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 30 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 36 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 47 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 46 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 47 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 407 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Salted-snacks 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

5,429 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 34 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3 products (0%)
2–4
222 products (4%)
4–6
793 products (15%)
6–8
689 products (13%)
8–10
1,036 products (19%)
10–12
817 products (15%)
12–14
570 products (10%)
14–16
243 products (4%)
16–18
168 products (3%)
18–20
67 products (1%)
20–22
47 products (1%)
22–24
30 products (1%)
24–26
41 products (1%)
26–28
32 products (1%)
28–30
36 products (1%)
30–32
41 products (1%)
32–34
47 products (1%)
34–36
47 products (1%)
36–38
46 products (1%)
38–40
47 products (1%)
40 and above
407 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. The comparison here runs against the 5,429 Salted-snacks 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

1
Potatoes
2
Mayonnaise
3
Soybean Oil
4
Water
5
Egg Yolks
6
Dried Vinegar
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Celery
10
Sweet Pickle Relish
11
Cucumbers
12
Distilled Vinegar
13
Mustard Seed
14
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
15
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
16
Celery Seed
17
Red Bell Pepper
18
Flavoring
19
Turmeric
20
Minced Onion
21
Mustard
22
Turmeric And Paprika
23
Garlic Powder
24
Spices
25
Annatto Color
26
Natural Flavor
27
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
28
Onion
29
Red Bell Pepper
30
Corn Starch
31
Black Pepper
32
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
33
Preservative
34
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, egg yolks, vinegar, salt), sugar, celery, water, sweet pickle relish (cucumbers, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, contains less than 2% of: mustard seed, xanthan gum, calcium chloride, celery seed, dehydrated red bell pepper, natural flavoring, turmeric, minced onion), mustard (water, vinegar, mustard seed, salt, sugar, turmeric and paprika, garlic powder, spices, xanthan gum, annatto color, natural flavor, citric acid), onion, vinegar, red bell pepper, salt, modified corn starch, black pepper, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), xanthan gum, annatto color.

Categories

Salted-snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Original Potato Salad

Neighbours outside Reser's Fine Foods with screening scores in the same high band as Original Potato Salad (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Reser's Fine Foods; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Original Potato Salad has a longer ingredient list than 90% of its Salted-snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0071117183306: 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.