Caution

Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad

by Mrs. Stratton's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075217631057 · Mrs. Stratton's · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075217631057 · Serving size 0.5 cup (135 g)

The verdict

Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad by Mrs. Stratton's scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Salad Dressing, Soybean Oil. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 33 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

17631057 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Coated Tamarind Candy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …631057 · July 2026

10 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 17631057 · 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: Coated Tamarind Candy Filled With Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp, Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp · Nearest score peer is Coated Tamarind Candy Filled With Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp, Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp 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.

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.

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. Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Homestyle Mustard Potato …75/1002. Coated Tamarind Candy Filled With Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp, Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Coated Tamarind Candy Fil…75/1003. Three Cheese Chicken: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Three Cheese Chicken75/1004. Tomato Clam Cocktail: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Tomato Clam Cocktail75/1005. Clam Club, Tomato Clam Cocktail: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Clam Club, Tomato Clam Co…75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad (75/100 on 33 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad
75/100
Coated Tamarind Candy Filled With Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp, Hot And Salted Tamarind Pulp
75/100
Three Cheese Chicken
75/100
Tomato Clam Cocktail
75/100
Clam Club, Tomato Clam Cocktail
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 6,228 products we've scored in the Salted-snacks category, the average safety score is 94.1/100. Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad scores 19.1 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 94.1/100), 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 Salted-snacks products

Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 5,429 products we track

0–2: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 222 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 793 products (15%). Below this entry. 6–8: 689 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,036 products (19%). Below this entry. 10–12: 817 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 570 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 243 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 168 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 67 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 30 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 36 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 47 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 47 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 46 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 47 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 407 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Salted-snacks 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

5,429 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 33 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3 products (0%)
2–4
222 products (4%)
4–6
793 products (15%)
6–8
689 products (13%)
8–10
1,036 products (19%)
10–12
817 products (15%)
12–14
570 products (10%)
14–16
243 products (4%)
16–18
168 products (3%)
18–20
67 products (1%)
20–22
47 products (1%)
22–24
30 products (1%)
24–26
41 products (1%)
26–28
32 products (1%)
28–30
36 products (1%)
30–32
41 products (1%)
32–34
47 products (1%)
34–36
47 products (1%)
36–38
46 products (1%)
38–40
47 products (1%)
40 and above
407 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. The comparison here runs against the 5,429 Salted-snacks 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Salad Dressing
3
Soybean Oil
4
Water
5
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
6
Distilled Vinegar
7
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Modified Food Starch
9
Egg Yolks
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Spice
12
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
13
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Preservative
15
Pickle Relish
16
Cucumbers
17
Dried Vinegar
18
Alum
19
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
20
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
21
Natural Flavors And Polysorbate 80
22
Celery
23
Red Peppers
24
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
25
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Mustard
27
Mustard Seed
28
Turmeric
29
Less Than 0.1% Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
30
Preservatives
31
Food Color
32
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, salad dressing (soybean oil, water, corn syrup, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, modified food starch, egg yolks, salt, spice, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate [preservative]), pickle relish (cucumbers, high fructose corn syrup, vinegar, water, salt, xanthan gum, alum, sodium benzoate (preservative), calcium chloride, natural flavors and polysorbate 80), celery, water, red peppers (red peppers, water, citric acid) sugar, mustard (water, distilled vinegar, mustard seed, salt, turmeric), salt, less than 0.1% potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), food color (fd&c yellow #5), black pepper.

Categories

Salted-snacks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad

Neighbours outside Mrs. Stratton's near Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad's mid-band score (75/100). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Mrs. Stratton's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Homestyle Mustard Potato Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Homestyle Mustard Potato 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 0075217631057: 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.