Safe

Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette

by Whole Foods Market

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0099482477417 · Whole Foods Market · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0099482477417 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (30 ml)

The verdict

Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette by Whole Foods Market scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Filtered Water, Expeller Pressed Sunflower Seed Oil, Balsamic Vinegar. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 22 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

82477417 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-RARE Autolyzed yeast extract PHOTO-FINISH Organic Blue Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …477417 · July 2026

6 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Autolyzed yeast extract). Source sheet 82477417 · 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: Organic Blue Cheese Dressing · Nearest score peer is Organic Blue Cheese Dressing 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Black garlic balsamic vin…100/1002. Organic Blue Cheese Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Blue Cheese Dress…100/1003. Traditional dijon mustard, traditional: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Traditional dijon mustard…100/1004. Organic spicy harissa mayonnaise: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Organic spicy harissa may…100/1005. Organic pomegranate apple cider vinaigrette: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Organic pomegranate apple…100/100
High-band neighbours for Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette (100/100) outside Whole Foods Market.
Chart values as text

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

Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette
100/100
Organic Blue Cheese Dressing
100/100
Traditional dijon mustard, traditional
100/100
Organic spicy harissa mayonnaise
100/100
Organic pomegranate apple cider vinaigrette
100/100

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. Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 22 (82nd 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.

Full Ingredient List

Filtered water, expeller pressed sunflower seed oil, balsamic vinegar, organic distilled white vinegar, cane sugar, black garlic puree (garlic, water), salt, organic red miso (organic soybeans, organic rice koji, sea salt, water, koji spores [aspergillus oryzae]), dried garlic, onion powder, xanthan gum, yeast extract (salt, autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavor), dried oregano.

Other products containing Black Garlic Puree

Black Garlic Puree is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 9 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette

Neighbours outside Whole Foods Market with screening scores in the same high band as Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Whole Foods Market; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Black garlic balsamic vinaigrette has a longer ingredient list than 82% of its Condiments category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0099482477417: 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.