Safe

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit

by Good & Gather

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239051627 · Good & Gather · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239051627 · Serving size 1 portion (100 g)

The verdict

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit by Good & Gather scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-component record, beginning with Green Cabbage, Avocado Ranch Dressing, Canola 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 57 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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

39051627 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Evaporated Milk · ±0 BOOK-OFF …051627 · July 2026

14 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 39051627 · 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: Evaporated Milk · Nearest score peer is Evaporated Milk 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. Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Avocado Ranch Chopped Sal…95/1002. Evaporated Milk: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Evaporated Milk95/1003. Chicken Marsala: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken Marsala95/1004. Extra creamy whipped topping: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Extra creamy whipped topp…95/1005. Worcestershire Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Worcestershire Sauce95/100
High-band neighbours for Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit (95/100) outside Good & Gather.
Chart values as text

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

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit
95/100
Evaporated Milk
95/100
Chicken Marsala
95/100
Extra creamy whipped topping
95/100
Worcestershire Sauce
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit scores 2.7 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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 57 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Green Cabbage
2
Avocado Ranch Dressing
3
Canola Oil
4
Nonfat Sour Cream
5
Cultured Skim Milk
6
Corn Starch
7
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
8
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
9
Locust Bean Gum
10
Water
11
Avocado
12
Egg Yolk
13
Cilantro
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Distilled Vinegar
17
Corn Starch
18
Onion
19
Apple Cider Vinegar
20
Gluconic acid
pH Control
Safe
21
Spices
22
Lime Juice Concentrate
23
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
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
26
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
27
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
28
Cultured Dextrose
29
Red Pepper
30
Dehydrated Bell Pepper
31
Mixed Tocopherols
32
Mustard Flour
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Fruit Juices And Turmeric Extract
34
Color
35
Natural Flavors
36
Guar Gum
37
Lemon Peel
38
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
39
Romaine Lettuce
40
Carrot
41
Colby-jack Cheese
42
Pasteurized Milk
43
Cheese Culture
44
Enzymes
45
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Vegetable Color
47
Cheddar Cheese
48
Manchego Cheese
49
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
50
Taco Cheese Blend
51
Taco Seasoning
52
Spice
53
Potato Flour
54
Natural Flavor
55
Paprika Oleoresin
56
Green Onion
57
Corn

Full Ingredient List

Green cabbage, avocado ranch dressing (canola oil, nonfat sour cream [cultured skim milk, corn starch, tapioca starch, carrageenan, locust bean gum], water, avocado, egg yolk, cilantro, sugar, salt, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, dried onion, apple cider vinegar, gluconic acid, spices, lime juice concentrate, maltodextrin, dried garlic, dextrose, lactic acid, xanthan gum, cultured dextrose, dried red pepper, dried bell pepper, mixed tocopherols, mustard flour, fruit juices and turmeric extract [color], natural flavors, guar gum, dried lemon peel, citric acid), romaine lettuce, carrot, colby-jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)], manchego cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), taco cheese blend (colby-jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], manchego cheese ([pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], taco seasoning [maltodextrin, spice, salt, sugar, potato flour, natural flavor, paprika oleoresin {color}])., green onion, corn, cilantro.

Other products containing Taco Cheese Blend

Taco Cheese Blend is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Fruits and vegetables based foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit

Neighbours outside Good & Gather with screening scores in the same high band as Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Good & Gather; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 57-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit'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 0085239051627: 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.