Caution

Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light

by Great Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742017891 · Great Value · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742017891 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 ml)

The verdict

Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light by Great Value scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Organic Tomato Puree, Water, Tomato Paste. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

42017891 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Louisiana creme cake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …017891 · July 2026

12 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 42017891 · 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: Louisiana creme cake · Nearest score peer is Louisiana creme cake 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Great value, thousand isl…70/1002. Louisiana creme cake: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Louisiana creme cake70/1003. Cherry limeade flavored sparkling water beverage, cherry limeade: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cherry limeade flavored s…70/1004. Clear american, sparkling water beverage, watermelon, watermelon: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Clear american, sparkling…70/1005. Mini Cupcakes: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mini Cupcakes70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light (70/100 on 28 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light
70/100
Louisiana creme cake
70/100
Cherry limeade flavored sparkling water beverage, cherry limeade
70/100
Clear american, sparkling water beverage, watermelon, watermelon
70/100
Mini Cupcakes
70/100

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. Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light scores 28.3 points below that category average (70/100 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

Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 28 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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%)
32–34
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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Organic Tomato Puree
2
Water
3
Tomato Paste
4
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
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
Dried Vinegar
7
Soybean Oil
8
Relish
9
Cucumbers
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
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
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
14
Preservative
15
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
16
Aluminium Sulfate
17
Dried Red Sweet Peppers
18
Spice
19
Natural Flavor
20
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
21
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
22
Onion
23
Spices
24
Artificial Color
25
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
26
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
27
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Disodium Edta

Full Ingredient List

Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), high fructose corn syrup, water, corn syrup, vinegar, soybean oil, relish (cucumbers, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, vinegar, water, salt, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (preservative), calcium chloride, aluminium sulfate, dried red sweet peppers, spice, natural flavor, polysorbate 80), salt, contains less than 2% of modified cornstarch, xanthan gum, dried onion, spices, artificial color, phosphoric acid, polysorbate 60, yellow 5, natural flavor, potassium sorbate and calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor).

Categories

Condiments Sauces Salad dressings Thousand island dressing Groceries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light

Neighbours outside Great Value near Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Great value, thousand island creamy dressing, light'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 0078742017891: 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.