Concern

ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT

by Dole

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071430001943 · Dole · Salad-kit. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071430001943 · Serving size 1 cup (100 g)

The verdict

ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT by Dole scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 62-component record, beginning with Green Cabbage, Romaine, Red Cabbage. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 62 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

30001943 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Sliced Pepperoni · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001943 · July 2026

15 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 30001943 · 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: Sliced Pepperoni · Nearest score peer is Sliced Pepperoni at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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

1. ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT55/1002. Sliced Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sliced Pepperoni55/1003. Mild Italian Sausage: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mild Italian Sausage55/1004. Pepperoni Slices: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pepperoni Slices55/1005. Pepperoni Turkey: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pepperoni Turkey55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT (55/100 on 62 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT
55/100
Sliced Pepperoni
55/100
Mild Italian Sausage
55/100
Pepperoni Slices
55/100
Pepperoni Turkey
55/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 62 (99th 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 62 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Green Cabbage
2
Romaine
3
Red Cabbage
4
Carrots
5
Water
6
Soybean Oil
7
Canola Oil
8
Corn Sugar Vinegar
9
White Wine Vinegar
10
Inverted Sugar
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
13
Spices
14
Mustard
15
Distilled Vinegar
16
Natural Flavors
17
Rice Bran
18
Onion
19
Red Bell Pepper
20
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
21
Enriched Flour
22
Wheat Flour
23
Malted Barley Flour
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Reduced Iron
26
Thiamin Mononitrate
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Canola
30
Sunflower Oil
31
With Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid Ito Preserve Freshness
32
Yeast
33
Tomato Powder
34
2% Or Less Of Wheat Gluten
35
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
36
Corn Flour
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Garlic Powder
39
Chili Pepper
40
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
41
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
42
Including Sundried Tomato Powder
43
Dehydrated Parsley Citric Acid
44
Basil Flavor
45
Extractive Of Garlic
46
Enzymes Modified Cheese
47
Provolone Cheese
48
Pasteurized Milk
49
Cheese Culture
50
Enzymes
51
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
52
Natamicin
53
Mold Inhibitor
54
Pork
55
Beef
56
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
57
2% Or Less Of Water
58
Oleoresin Of Paprika
59
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
60
BHA
Avoid GRAS
61
BHT
Caution GRAS
62
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

Full Ingredient List

VEGETABLES: GREEN CABBAGE, ROMAINE, RED CABBAGE, CARROTS, DRESSING: WATER, SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, CORN SUGAR VINEGAR, WHITE WINE VINEGAR, INVERTED SUGAR, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES (CONTAINS MUSTARD), DISTILLED VINEGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, RICE BRAN, DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, CROUTON: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL (WITH ROSEMARY EXTRACT AND ASCORBIC ACID ITO PRESERVE FRESHNESS]), YEAST, SALT, TOMATO POWDER, 2% OR LESS OF WHEAT GLUTEN, DEXTROSE, CORN FLOUR, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, CHILI PEPPER, ACETIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNDRIED TOMATO POWDER, SPICES, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY CITRIC ACID, NATURAL BASIL FLAVOR, EXTRACTIVE OF GARLIC, ENZYMES CHEESE, PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMICIN (MOLD INHIBITOR), DICED PEPPERONI: PORK, BEEF, SALT, SPICES, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, 2% OR LESS OF WATER, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID

Other products containing Dehydrated Parsley Citric Acid

Dehydrated Parsley Citric Acid is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Salad-kit

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT

Neighbours outside Dole near ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dole; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 62-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare ITALIAN SUB CHOPPED KIT's 3 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 0071430001943: 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.