Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072036714855 · Harris Teeter · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing by Harris Teeter scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Soybean Oil, Lowfat Buttermilk. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 80/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 29 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
53/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
80/100
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.
36714855 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing label screening desk
10 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 36714855 · 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: Old Fashioned Deli Shaved Ham Slices · Nearest score peer is Old Fashioned Deli Shaved Ham Slices 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing scores 18.3 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products
Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing lists 29 ingredients on its label
29 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 27,084 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 186 products (1%)
- 2–4
- 1,031 products (4%)
- 4–6
- 1,392 products (5%)
- 6–8
- 2,093 products (8%)
- 8–10
- 2,811 products (10%)
- 10–12
- 3,070 products (11%)
- 12–14
- 2,818 products (10%)
- 14–16
- 2,724 products (10%)
- 16–18
- 2,451 products (9%)
- 18–20
- 2,045 products (8%)
- 20–22
- 1,563 products (6%)
- 22–24
- 1,244 products (5%)
- 24–26
- 934 products (3%)
- 26–28
- 694 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 551 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 420 products (2%)
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- 246 products (1%)
- 34–36
- 196 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 135 products (0%)
- 38–40
- 134 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 346 products (1%)
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 27,084 Condiments 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 80/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water, soybean oil, lowfat buttermilk (cultured lowfat and skim milk, salt, modified tapioca starch, locust bean gum, sodium citrate, carrageenan), vinegar, sugar, salt. contains less than 2% spices, dried onion, dried garlic, dried parsley, natural flavor, egg yolk, sour cream powder (cultured cream and nonfat milk), buttermilk powder, autolyzed yeast extract, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, phosphoric acid, titanium dioxide, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor).
Other products containing Cultured Cream And Nonfat Milk
Cultured Cream And Nonfat Milk is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing
Neighbours outside Harris Teeter with screening scores in the same high band as Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Harris Teeter; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 29 on 0072036714855).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (29 on 0072036714855).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
- Compare Harris teeter, lite ranch dressing's 2 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 0072036714855: 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.