Caution

Ham Salad

by Reser's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071117190113 · Reser's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071117190113 · Serving size 1/2 cup (110 g)

The verdict

Ham Salad by Reser's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 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 31-component record, beginning with Cooked Ham Water Added, Cured With Water, Dextrose. 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 31 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

17190113 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ham Salad label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 46% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Roasted garlic mashed · ±0 BOOK-OFF …190113 · July 2026

12 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 17190113 · 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: Roasted garlic mashed potatoes with real milk, butter & parmesan cheese · Nearest score peer is Roasted garlic mashed potatoes with real milk, butter & parmesan cheese 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.

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.

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. Ham Salad: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ham Salad85/1002. Roasted garlic mashed potatoes with real milk, butter & parmesan cheese: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Roasted garlic mashed pot…85/1003. Garlic Mashed Potatoes: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Garlic Mashed Potatoes85/1004. bleu Marine boy: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. bleu Marine boy85/1005. Turtle Chips Flamin' Lime Flavor: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Turtle Chips Flamin' Lime…85/100
High-band neighbours for Ham Salad (85/100) outside Reser's.
Chart values as text

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

Ham Salad
85/100
Roasted garlic mashed potatoes with real milk, butter & parmesan cheese
85/100
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
85/100
bleu Marine boy
85/100
Turtle Chips Flamin' Lime Flavor
85/100

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. Ham Salad scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 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

Ham Salad lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 54th percentile a longer ingredient list than 54% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Above this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 31 (54th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cooked Ham Water Added
2
Cured With Water
3
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
4
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Sodium Phosphate
7
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
8
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
9
Dressing
10
Mayonnaise
11
Soybean Oil
12
Water
13
Egg Yolks
14
Dried Vinegar
15
Bread Crumbs
16
Wheat Flour
17
Yeast
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
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
20
Corn Starch
21
Natural Smoke Flavor
22
Cultured Dextrose
23
Spice
24
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate To Protect Flavor
25
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
26
Beet Color
27
Red Beet Juice
28
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
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
Egg White Lysozyme
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ENZYME
Listed
31
Nisin Preparation
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Cooked ham water added (cured with water, dextrose, potassium chloride, salt, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), dressing (mayonnaise [soybean oil, water, egg yolks, vinegar, salt], vinegar, bread crumbs [wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt], water, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural smoke flavor, cultured dextrose, spice, sugar, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate to protect flavor, sodium diacetate, beet color [red beet juice, water, citric acid], xanthan gum, salt, egg white lysozyme, nisin preparation).

Categories

Meals Prepared salads Salads

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ham Salad

Neighbours outside Reser's with screening scores in the same high band as Ham Salad (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Reser's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ham Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Ham Salad'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 0071117190113: 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.