Safe

Macaroni fresh salad

by Gunnoe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071763000231 · Gunnoe's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071763000231 · Serving size 0.5 cup (140 g)

The verdict

Macaroni fresh salad by Gunnoe's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Macaroni, Durum Semolina, Water. 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 41 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

63000231 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Macaroni fresh salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Chicken salad · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000231 · July 2026

8 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 63000231 · 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: Chicken salad · Nearest score peer is Chicken salad 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.

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. Macaroni fresh salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Macaroni fresh salad95/1002. Chicken salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken salad95/1003. Egg salads: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Egg salads95/1004. Sea cuisine, breaded cod tender flaky fillets: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sea cuisine, breaded cod …95/1005. Stanley's, Sweet Hot Pickles: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Stanley's, Sweet Hot Pick…95/100
High-band neighbours for Macaroni fresh salad (95/100) outside Gunnoe's.
Chart values as text

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

Macaroni fresh salad
95/100
Chicken salad
95/100
Egg salads
95/100
Sea cuisine, breaded cod tender flaky fillets
95/100
Stanley's, Sweet Hot Pickles
95/100

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. Macaroni fresh salad scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Macaroni fresh salad lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% 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%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 41 (73rd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Macaroni
2
Durum Semolina
3
Water
4
Salad Dressing
5
Soybean Oil
6
Dried Vinegar
7
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Egg Yolk
9
Modified Food Starch
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Paprika
12
Calcium Disodium Edta To Protect Flavor
13
Pickles
14
Cucumbers
15
Corn Syrups
16
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
17
0. 1% Sodium Benzoate As A Preservative
18
Alum
19
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
20
Natural And Artificial Flavors
21
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
22
Celery
23
Modified Food Starch
24
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
Cellulose Gum
26
Locust Bean Gum
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
0. 1% Potassium Sorbate As A Preservative
29
Dehydrated Sweet Red Peppers
30
Peppers
31
Eggs
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
Organic Onions
34
Mustard
35
Selected Mustard Seed
36
Turmeric And Spices
37
Black Pepper
38
Artificial Food Coloring
39
Yellow #5 And #6
40
Celery Seed
41
1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate As A Preservative

Full Ingredient List

Macaroni (durum semolina, water), salad dressing (soybean oil, vinegar, water, high fructose corn syrup, egg yolk, modified food starch, salt, paprika, calcium disodium edta to protect flavor), pickles (cucumbers, corn syrups, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, 0. 1% sodium benzoate as a preservative, alum, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavors, polysorbate 80), celery (celery, water, food starch modified, sugar, cellulose gum, locust bean gum, citric acid, 0. 1% potassium sorbate as a preservative), sugar, sweet red peppers (peppers, water, citric acid), eggs (eggs, water, citric acid, and sodium benzoate), onions, mustard (vinegar, selected mustard seed, salt, turmeric and spices), salt, black pepper, artificial food coloring (yellow #5 and #6), celery seed, 1/10 of 1% sodium benzoate as a preservative.

Other products containing Artificial Food Coloring

Artificial Food Coloring is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Prepared salads Salads

High-score cross-brand comparables for Macaroni fresh salad

Neighbours outside Gunnoe's with screening scores in the same high band as Macaroni fresh salad (95/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Gunnoe's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Macaroni fresh salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Macaroni fresh 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 0071763000231: 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.