Safe

Potato Salad Mustard

by Freshness Guaranteed

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742132303 · Freshness Guaranteed · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742132303 · Serving size 1/2 cup (140 g)

The verdict

Potato Salad Mustard by Freshness Guaranteed scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 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 32-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Mayonnaise, 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 32 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.

42132303 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Potato Salad Mustard label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Red Skin Potato · ±0 BOOK-OFF …132303 · July 2026

8 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 42132303 · 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: Red Skin Potato Salad · Nearest score peer is Red Skin Potato 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.

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. Potato Salad Mustard: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Potato Salad Mustard95/1002. Red Skin Potato Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Red Skin Potato Salad95/1003. Mustard potato salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mustard potato salad95/1004. Macaroni salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Macaroni salad95/1005. Deli Red Skin Potato Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Deli Red Skin Potato Salad95/100
High-band neighbours for Potato Salad Mustard (95/100) outside Freshness Guaranteed.
Chart values as text

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

Potato Salad Mustard
95/100
Red Skin Potato Salad
95/100
Mustard potato salad
95/100
Macaroni salad
95/100
Deli Red Skin Potato Salad
95/100

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. Potato Salad Mustard scores 0.9 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 94.1/100), 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 Salted-snacks products

Potato Salad Mustard lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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: 32 (89th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Mayonnaise
3
Soybean Oil
4
Water
5
Egg Yolks
6
Dried Vinegar
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Mustard
9
Mustard Seed
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Turmeric
12
Paprika
13
Garlic Powder
14
Spices
15
Annatto Extract
16
Color
17
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
18
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
19
Natural Flavor
20
Dill Pickle Cubes
21
Cucumber
22
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
23
Flavoring
24
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
25
Preservative
26
Alum
27
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
28
Celery
29
Organic Onions
30
Dried Red Bell Peppers
31
Corn Starch
32
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

potatoes, mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, egg yolks, vinegar, salt), mustard (water, vinegar, mustard seed, salt, sugar, soybean oil, turmeric, paprika, garlic powder, spices, annatto extract [color], xanthan gum, citric acid, natural flavor), dill pickle cubes (cucumber, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, natural flavoring, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate [preservative], alum, turmeric, polysorbate 80), celery, sugar, onions, water, red bell peppers, salt, vinegar, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), xanthan gum, annatto extract (color),

Other products containing Dill Pickle Cubes

Dill Pickle Cubes is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 20 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Salted-snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Potato Salad Mustard

Neighbours outside Freshness Guaranteed with screening scores in the same high band as Potato Salad Mustard (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Freshness Guaranteed; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Potato Salad Mustard's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Potato Salad Mustard'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 0078742132303: 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.