Safe

Chicken Caesar Salad

by Archer Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0492860300046 · Archer Farms · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0492860300046 · Serving size 1 SALAD (177 g)

The verdict

Chicken Caesar Salad by Archer Farms scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Romaine Lettuce, Seasoned Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. 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 41 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.

60300046 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Caesar Salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Double Rainbow, Sorbet, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …300046 · July 2026

10 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 60300046 · 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: Double Rainbow, Sorbet, Coconut · Nearest score peer is Double Rainbow, Sorbet, Coconut 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. Chicken Caesar Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Caesar Salad95/1002. Double Rainbow, Sorbet, Coconut: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Double Rainbow, Sorbet, C…95/1003. Double rainbow, sorbet, mango tangerine: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Double rainbow, sorbet, m…95/1004. Double rainbow, soy cream, mint chip: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Double rainbow, soy cream…95/1005. Soy Cream: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Soy Cream95/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Caesar Salad (95/100) outside Archer Farms.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Caesar Salad
95/100
Double Rainbow, Sorbet, Coconut
95/100
Double rainbow, sorbet, mango tangerine
95/100
Double rainbow, soy cream, mint chip
95/100
Soy Cream
95/100

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. Chicken Caesar Salad scores 0.9 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 94.1/100), 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 Salted-snacks products

Chicken Caesar Salad lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 5,429 products we track

0–2: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 222 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 793 products (15%). Below this entry. 6–8: 689 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,036 products (19%). Below this entry. 10–12: 817 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 570 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 243 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 168 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 67 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 30 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 36 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 46 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 407 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Salted-snacks 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

5,429 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 41 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3 products (0%)
2–4
222 products (4%)
4–6
793 products (15%)
6–8
689 products (13%)
8–10
1,036 products (19%)
10–12
817 products (15%)
12–14
570 products (10%)
14–16
243 products (4%)
16–18
168 products (3%)
18–20
67 products (1%)
20–22
47 products (1%)
22–24
30 products (1%)
24–26
41 products (1%)
26–28
32 products (1%)
28–30
36 products (1%)
30–32
41 products (1%)
32–34
47 products (1%)
34–36
47 products (1%)
36–38
46 products (1%)
38–40
47 products (1%)
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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Romaine Lettuce
2
Seasoned Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
3
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
4
Water
5
Less Than 2% Soy Protein Concentrate
6
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Modified Food Starch
9
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
10
Sodium Phosphate
11
Caesar Dressing
12
Canola Oil
13
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
14
Dijon Mustard
15
Mustard Seed
16
Distilled Vinegar
17
White Wine
18
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
19
Turmeric
20
Tartaric acid
Preservative
Safe
21
Spices
22
Parmesan Cheese
23
Milk
24
Culture
25
Enzymes
26
Egg Yolk
27
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
28
Pepper Sauce
29
Organic Cayenne Peppers
30
Dried Vinegar
31
Lemon Juice Concentrate
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Corn Starch
34
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
35
Carrageenan Gum
36
Mustard Flour
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
37
Spice
38
Anchovies
39
Natural Flavor
40
Pasteurized Milk
41
Cheese Culture

Full Ingredient List

Romaine lettuce, seasoned chicken breast with rib meat (chicken breast with rib meat, water, less than 2% soy protein concentrate, sodium lactate, salt, modified food starch, carrageenan, sodium phosphate), caesar dressing (water, canola oil, garlic, dijon mustard [water, mustard seed, distilled vinegar, salt, white wine, citric acid, turmeric {color}, tartaric acid, spices], parmesan cheese [milk, culture, salt, enzymes], egg yolk, distilled vinegar, dried garlic, salt, pepper sauce [cayenne peppers, vinegar, salt, garlic], lemon juice concentrate, sugar, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, carrageenan gum, mustard flour, spice, anchovies, natural flavor), parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).

Categories

Salted-snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Caesar Salad

Neighbours outside Archer Farms with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Caesar Salad (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Archer Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken Caesar Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Chicken Caesar 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 0492860300046: 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.