Safe

Chopped asian-style salad

by Target Stores

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239002322 · Target Stores · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239002322 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (177 g)

The verdict

Chopped asian-style salad by Target Stores scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 52-component record, beginning with Savoy Cabbage, Green Cabbage, Carrots. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 52 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

39002322 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chopped asian-style salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Simply balanced, tri-tip · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002322 · July 2026

11 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 39002322 · 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: Simply balanced, tri-tip braised beef in au jus · Nearest score peer is Simply balanced, tri-tip braised beef in au jus 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Chopped asian-style salad: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chopped asian-style salad90/1002. Simply balanced, tri-tip braised beef in au jus: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Simply balanced, tri-tip …90/1003. Fresh-pack pickle spears: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fresh-pack pickle spears90/1004. Cookie Sandwiches: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cookie Sandwiches90/1005. ice cream bars: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. ice cream bars90/100
High-band neighbours for Chopped asian-style salad (90/100) outside Target Stores.
Chart values as text

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

Chopped asian-style salad
90/100
Simply balanced, tri-tip braised beef in au jus
90/100
Fresh-pack pickle spears
90/100
Cookie Sandwiches
90/100
ice cream bars
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Chopped asian-style salad scores 3.6 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Chopped asian-style salad lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 52 (86th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Savoy Cabbage
2
Green Cabbage
3
Carrots
4
Celery
5
Green Onion
6
Cilantro
7
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
8
Water
9
Less Than 2% Soy Protein Concentrate
10
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Modified Food Starch
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
Sodium Phosphate
15
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Soybean Oil
17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Distilled Vinegar
19
Steak Sauce
20
Tomato Paste
21
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
22
Organic Raisin Paste
23
Orange Puree
24
Spices
25
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
26
Onion
27
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
28
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
29
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
30
Wheat
31
Soybeans
32
Sesame Oil
33
Corn Starch
34
Sesame Seeds
35
Spice
36
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
37
Preservatives
38
Guar Gum
39
Calcium Disodium Edta
40
Added To Protect Quality
41
Dried Cranberries
42
Cherry Juice From Concentrate
43
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
44
Natural Cherry Flavor With Other Natural Flavors
45
Elderberry Juice Concentrate
46
Sunflower Oil
47
Almonds
48
Honey
49
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
50
Wheat Flour
51
Non-gmo Canola Oil
52
Corn Starch

Full Ingredient List

Salad: savoy cabbage, green cabbage, carrots, celery, green onion, cilantro, chicken: chicken breast with rib meat, water, less than 2% soy protein concentrate, sodium lactate, salt, modified food starch, carrageenan, sodium phosphate, dressing: water, high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, sugar, distilled vinegar, steak sauce (water, tomato paste, distilled vinegar, corn syrup, salt, raisin paste, orange puree, spices, dried garlic, dried onion, caramel color, xanthan gum), soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), salt, sesame oil, modified corn starch, sesame seeds, spice, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), guar gum, dried garlic, dried onion, calcium disodium edta (added to protect quality), cranberries: cranberries, sugar, cherry juice from concentrate, citric acid, natural cherry flavor with other natural flavors, elderberry juice concentrate, sunflower oil, almonds: almonds, sugar, honey, maltodextrin, salt, crispy noodles: wheat flour, non-gmo canola oil, salt, water, corn starch.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Chopped asian-style salad

Neighbours outside Target Stores with screening scores in the same high band as Chopped asian-style salad (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Stores; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chopped asian-style salad'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Chopped asian-style salad'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 0085239002322: 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.