Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0218236003133 · Markets Of Meijer · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad by Markets Of Meijer scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 63-component record, beginning with Romaine Lettuce, Marinated Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat, Chicken. 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.
- 65/100
- Concern safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 63 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
50/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
65/100
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.
36003133 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad label screening desk
17 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Azodicarbonamide). Source sheet 36003133 · 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: Pudding snacks · Nearest score peer is Pudding snacks at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 6,228 products we've scored in the Salted-snacks category, the average safety score is 94.1/100. Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad scores 29.1 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 94.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Salted-snacks products
Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad lists 63 ingredients on its label
63 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 5,429 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 1,036 products (19%)
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- 817 products (15%)
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- 40 and above
- 407 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. The comparison here runs against the 5,429 Salted-snacks 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 65/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Romaine lettuce, marinated boneless skinless chicken breast strips with rib meat (chicken, water, cultured corn sugar and vinegar, seasoning [maltodextrin, salt, modified corn starch, grill flavor (from partially hydrogenated soybean/cottonseed oil), onion powder, garlic powder, xanthan gum, natural smoke flavor], grill seasoning [maltodextrin, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, mustard, grill flavor (from sunflower oil), onion powder, garlic powder, spice, caramel color, natural flavor (including smoke flavor)], sodium phosphates, salt), parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, anticake [potato starch, corn starch, and powdered cellulose], natamycin [mold inhibitor]), cheese and garlic croutons (enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], vegetable oil [partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil], whey, salt, yeast, 2% or less of high fructose corn syrup, garlic powder, cultured nonfat milk, calcium propionate [to preserve freshness], calcium peroxide, calcium sulfate, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, natural and artificial flavor, dried parsley, parmesan cheese and enzyme modified cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], annato [color], extractives of tumeric and paprika [color], tbhq [to preserve freshness]).
Other products containing Cheese And Garlic Croutons
Cheese And Garlic Croutons is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad
Neighbours outside Markets Of Meijer near Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Markets Of Meijer; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 63 on 0218236003133).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (63 on 0218236003133).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Azodicarbonamide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Azodicarbonamide. Open Azodicarbonamide
- Compare Markets of meijer, fresh chicken caesar salad's 3 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 0218236003133: 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.