Safe

Salisbury Steak

by Great Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0194346038206 · Great Value · Frozen-entree. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0194346038206 · Serving size 1 tray (283 g)

The verdict

Salisbury Steak by Great Value scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 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 61-component record, beginning with Water, Potatoes, Cooked Beef. 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 61 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.

46038206 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Salisbury Steak label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Beefhide 9" Retriever · ±0 BOOK-OFF …038206 · July 2026

14 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 46038206 · 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: Beefhide 9" Retriever Rolls Variety Pack · Nearest score peer is Beefhide 9" Retriever Rolls Variety Pack 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.

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. Salisbury Steak: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Salisbury Steak95/1002. Beefhide 9" Retriever Rolls Variety Pack: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beefhide 9" Retrieve…95/1003. Oven Roasted Turkey Breast: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Oven Roasted Turkey Breast95/1004. Salted Caramel Peanut Crunch Gelato: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Salted Caramel Peanut Cru…95/1005. Macaroni and Cheese: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Macaroni and Cheese95/100
High-band neighbours for Salisbury Steak (95/100) outside Great Value.
Chart values as text

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

Salisbury Steak
95/100
Beefhide 9" Retriever Rolls Variety Pack
95/100
Oven Roasted Turkey Breast
95/100
Salted Caramel Peanut Crunch Gelato
95/100
Macaroni and Cheese
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Salisbury Steak lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 61 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 61 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Potatoes
3
Cooked Beef
4
Potato Flakes
5
Mono-and Diglycerides
6
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
7
Corn Starch
8
Textured Vegetable Protein
9
Soy Protein Concentrate
10
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
11
Tomato Paste
12
Bread Crumbs
13
Enriched Wheat Flour
14
Enriched With Niacin
15
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
16
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
19
Yeast
20
Soybean Oil
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
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
23
Onion
24
Sour Cream Powder
25
Cultured Cream
26
Nonfat Milk
27
Milk
28
Vitamin D3 Added
29
Whole Milk Powder
30
Wheat Flour
31
Butter Sauce
32
Corn Starch
33
Whey Solids
34
Nonfat Dry Milk
35
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
36
Butter
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Buttermilk Powder
39
Natural Butter Flavor
40
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
41
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
42
Turmeric And Annatto
43
Color
44
Beef Broth Flavor
45
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
46
Caramelized Sugar
47
Worcestershire Sauce
48
Dried Vinegar
49
Molasses
50
Tamarind
51
Natural Flavor
52
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
53
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
54
Soybeans
55
Wheat
56
Dried Beef Stock
57
Onion Powder
58
Green Bell Pepper
59
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
60
Garlic Powder
61
Spices

Full Ingredient List

WATER, POTATOES, COOKED BEEF, POTATO FLAKES (POTATOES, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID), CORN STARCH, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR), TOMATO PASTE, BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CORN SYRUP), ONION, SOUR CREAM POWDER (CULTURED CREAM, NONFAT MILK), MILK (VITAMIN D3 ADDED), WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHEAT FLOUR, BUTTER SAUCE (MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, WHEY SOLIDS, NONFAT DRY MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, BUTTER, SUGAR, BUTTERMILK POWDER, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, LACTIC ACID, TURMERIC AND ANNATTO [COLOR]), SUGAR, SALT, BEEF BROTH FLAVOR (BEEF BROTH FLAVOR, SALT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, CARAMELIZED SUGAR, CORN STARCH), WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (VINEGAR, MOLASSES, WATER, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION, GARLIC), SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), DRIED BEEF STOCK, ONION POWDER, GREEN BELL PEPPER, NONFAT DRY MILK, SEA SALT, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES

Categories

Frozen-entree

High-score cross-brand comparables for Salisbury Steak

Neighbours outside Great Value with screening scores in the same high band as Salisbury Steak (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Salisbury Steak's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 61-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Salisbury Steak'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 0194346038206: 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.