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SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT

by Dole

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071430017012 · Dole · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071430017012 · Serving size 1.5 cup (100 g)

The verdict

SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT by Dole scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Iceberg Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce, Carrots. 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 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

78/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

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.

30017012 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Natamycin PHOTO-FINISH OLIVE OIL EXTRA · ±0 BOOK-OFF …017012 · July 2026

12 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Natamycin). Source sheet 30017012 · 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: OLIVE OIL EXTRA VIRGIN · Nearest score peer is OLIVE OIL EXTRA VIRGIN 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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT100/1002. OLIVE OIL EXTRA VIRGIN: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. OLIVE OIL EXTRA VIRGIN100/1003. Organic Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Italian Extra Vir…100/1004. Sunnie Grove, Mandarin Orange: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sunnie Grove, Mandarin Or…100/1005. Pitted castelvetrano olives with sliced red peppers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pitted castelvetrano oliv…100/100
High-band neighbours for SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT (100/100) outside Dole.
Chart values as text

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

SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT
100/100
OLIVE OIL EXTRA VIRGIN
100/100
Organic Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
100/100
Sunnie Grove, Mandarin Orange
100/100
Pitted castelvetrano olives with sliced red peppers
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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
Iceberg Lettuce
2
Romaine Lettuce
3
Carrots
4
Red Cabbage
5
Sour Cream
6
Cultured Milk
7
Cream
8
Nonfat Milk Powder
9
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
10
Soybean Oil
11
Canola Oil
12
Tomatoes
13
Water
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Buttermilk
16
Cultured Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
White Wine Vinegar
19
Natural Flavors
20
Red Bell Pepper
21
Spices
22
Egg Yolk
23
Onion
24
Jalapeno
25
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
26
Chipotle Pepper Sauce
27
Chipotle Pepper Puree
28
Chipotle Peppers
29
Distilled Vinegar
30
Onion Powder
31
Lemon Juice Concentrate
32
Onion
33
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
34
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
35
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
36
Whole Grain Corn
37
Vegetable Oil
38
Safflower Oil
39
Sunflower Oil
40
Cheddar Cheese Powder
41
Cheddar Cheese
42
Milk
43
Cultures
44
Enzymes
45
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
46
Buttermilk Powder
47
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
48
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
49
Extractive Of Paprika
50
Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide
51
Pasteurized Milk
52
Cheese Culture
53
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
54
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
55
Natural Mold Inhibitor

Full Ingredient List

Vegetables: iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, carrots, red cabbage, radishes. dressing: sour cream (cultured milk, cream, nonfat milk powder, gelatin), soybean oil and/or canola oil, tomatoes, water, sugar, buttermilk (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, nonfat milk powder, salt), white wine vinegar, salt, natural flavors, dehydrated red bell pepper, spices, egg yolk, onion, jalapeno, dehydrated garlic, chipotle pepper sauce (chipotle pepper puree [water, chipotle peppers], water, distilled vinegar, sugar, salt, onion powder), lemon juice concentrate, dehydrated onion, xanthan gum, lactic acid, citric acid, cilantro. tortilla strips: whole grain corn, vegetable oil (safflower oil and/or sunflower oil), seasoning: dehydrated cheddar cheese powder (cheddar cheese [milk, salt, cultures, enzymes]), whey, buttermilk powder, salt, maltodextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavors, dehydrated onion, citric acid, lactic acid, extractive of paprika, less than 2% silicon dioxide (to prevent caking), trace of lime. cheese: cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Fruits and vegetables based foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT

Neighbours outside Dole with screening scores in the same high band as SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dole; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

SOUTHWEST SALAD KIT has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 0071430017012: 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.