Caution

Cobb Salad

by Buc-ee's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0209040006991 · Buc-ee's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0209040006991

The verdict

Cobb Salad by Buc-ee's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Romaine Lettuce, Soybean Oil, Water. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0209040006991
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

40006991 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cobb Salad label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrate PHOTO-FINISH Bacon Wrapped Filet · ±0 BOOK-OFF …006991 · July 2026

12 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrate). Source sheet 40006991 · 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: Bacon Wrapped Filet Of Beef · Nearest score peer is Bacon Wrapped Filet Of Beef at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Cobb Salad: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cobb Salad85/1002. Bacon Wrapped Filet Of Beef: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bacon Wrapped Filet Of Be…85/1003. torani sugar free vanilla syrup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. torani sugar free vanilla…85/1004. Sugar Free Syrup, Pumpkin Pie: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sugar Free Syrup, Pumpkin…85/1005. vanilla bean syrup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. vanilla bean syrup85/100
High-band neighbours for Cobb Salad (85/100) outside Buc-ee's.
Chart values as text

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

Cobb Salad
85/100
Bacon Wrapped Filet Of Beef
85/100
torani sugar free vanilla syrup
85/100
Sugar Free Syrup, Pumpkin Pie
85/100
vanilla bean syrup
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Cobb Salad lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 47 (96th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Romaine Lettuce
2
Soybean Oil
3
Water
4
Cultured Buttermilk
5
Distilled Vinegar
6
Avocado
7
Egg Yolk
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Buttermilk Solids
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Reconstituted Lime Juice
12
Lime Juice Concentrate
13
Spice
14
Fruit Juice Color And Turmeric Color
15
Yeast Extract
16
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
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
Chili Powder
19
Chili Pepper
20
Onion
21
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
22
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
23
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
24
Oleoresin Turmeric
25
Color
26
Sodium Alginate
27
Calcium Disodium Edta
28
Turkey
29
Turkey Breast
30
Dried Vinegar
31
Flavorings
32
Turbinado Sugar
33
Sodium Phosphate
34
Grape Tomatoes
35
Eggs
36
Hard Cooked Eggs
37
Nisin Preparation
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
GRAS
38
Bacon
39
Sodium Phosphates
40
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
41
Sodium Nitrate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
42
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
43
Brown Sugar
44
Smoke Flavoring
45
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
46
Seasoning
47
Flavoring

Full Ingredient List

Romaine lettuce, soybean oil, water, cultured buttermilk, distilled vinegar, avocado, egg yolk, salt, buttermilk solids, sugar, reconstituted lime juice (water, lime juice concentrate), spice, fruit juice color and turmeric color, yeast extract, garlic, xanthan gum, chili powder (chili pepper, spice, salt, garlic), onion, citric acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, oleoresin turmeric (color), lime juice concentrate, onion, sodium alginate, calcium disodium EDTA, garlic (dried), turkey (turkey breast, water, vinegar, salt, natural flavorings, turbinado sugar, sodium phosphate), grape tomatoes, eggs (hard cooked eggs, water, citric acid, sodium benzoate, nisin preparation), bacon (bacon cured with: water, salt, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate), dextrose, brown sugar, smoke flavoring, potassium chloride, seasoning (flavoring)

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cobb Salad

Neighbours outside Buc-ee's with screening scores in the same high band as Cobb Salad (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Buc-ee's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cobb Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrate. Open Sodium Nitrate
  • Compare Cobb Salad'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 0209040006991: 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.