Caution

Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken

by Bistro

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077745298030 · Bistro · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077745298030 · Serving size 2 cup (100 g)

The verdict

Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken by Bistro scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 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 52-component record, beginning with Organic Baby Spinach, White Meat Chicken, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. 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
3
Few flagged · of 52 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.

45298030 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Watermelon lime · ±0 BOOK-OFF …298030 · July 2026

16 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 45298030 · 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: Watermelon lime · Nearest score peer is Watermelon lime 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.

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. Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Salad Kit With Grilled Ch…75/1002. Watermelon lime: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Watermelon lime75/1003. Electrolit: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Electrolit75/1004. Electrolit Zero Electrolyte Beverage Fruit Punch Splash: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Electrolit Zero Electroly…75/1005. Strawberry: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Strawberry75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken (75/100 on 52 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken
75/100
Watermelon lime
75/100
Electrolit
75/100
Electrolit Zero Electrolyte Beverage Fruit Punch Splash
75/100
Strawberry
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. Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken 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

Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 34–36: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 46 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 407 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Salted-snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

5,429 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 52 (96th 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 (3 flagged of 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Organic Baby Spinach
2
White Meat Chicken
3
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
4
Water
5
Seasoning
6
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Sodium Citrate
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Sodium Phosphates
10
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
11
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Chicken Broth Powder
13
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
14
Sweet Onion Dijon Vinaigrette
15
Canola Oil
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Sweet Onions
18
Dijon Mustard
19
Mustard Seed
20
Distilled Vinegar
21
White Wine
22
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
23
Turmeric
24
Tartaric acid
Preservative
Safe
25
Spices
26
Cider Vinegar
27
White Wine Vinegar
28
Lemon Juice Concentrate
29
Onion
30
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
31
Natural Smoke Flavor
32
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
33
Annatto Extract
34
Color
35
Egg
36
Eggs
37
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
38
Monterey Jack-colby Cheese
39
Monterey Jack Cheese
40
Pasteurized Milk
41
Cheese Culture
42
Enzymes
43
Colby Cheese
44
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
45
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
46
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
47
Natural Mold Inhibitor
48
Bacon
49
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
50
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
51
Brown Sugar
52
Natural Smoke Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Baby spinach, white meat chicken (chicken breast with rib meat, water, seasoning [modified tapioca starch, sodium citrate, salt, sodium phosphates, sodium diacetate, whey protein concentrate, chicken broth powder, carrageenan]), sweet onion dijon vinaigrette (water, canola oil, sugar, sweet onions, dijon mustard [water, mustard seed, distilled vinegar, salt, white wine, citric acid, turmeric {color}, tartaric acid, spices], cider vinegar, white wine vinegar, salt, lemon juice concentrate, dried onion, spices, xanthan gum, smoke flavor, caramel color, annatto extract [color], egg (eggs, citric acid, sodium benzoate), monterey jack-colby cheese (monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], colby cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), bacon (cured with: water, salt, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, may also contain: sugar, brown sugar, natural smoke flavor).

Other products containing Sweet Onion Dijon Vinaigrette

Sweet Onion Dijon Vinaigrette is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 12 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Salted-snacks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken

Neighbours outside Bistro near Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bistro; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 52-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Salad Kit With Grilled Chicken'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 0077745298030: 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.