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Nando's Perinaise Dressing

by Nando's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0655273003199 · Nando's · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0655273003199 · Serving size 1 portion (15 ml)

The verdict

Nando's Perinaise Dressing by Nando's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Rapeseed Oil, Dried 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 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

73003199 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nando's Perinaise Dressing label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Propylene Glycol Alginate PHOTO-FINISH PERi PERi Sauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003199 · July 2026

9 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Propylene Glycol Alginate). Source sheet 73003199 · 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: PERi PERi Sauce - Medium · Nearest score peer is PERi PERi Sauce - Medium 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Nando's Perinaise Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Nando's Perinaise Dressing100/1002. PERi PERi Sauce - Medium: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. PERi PERi Sauce - Medium100/1003. PERi PERi Sauce - Hot: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. PERi PERi Sauce - Hot100/1004. PERi PERi Sauce - Medium: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. PERi PERi Sauce - Medium100/1005. Fried Onion: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fried Onion100/100
High-band neighbours for Nando's Perinaise Dressing (100/100) outside Nando's.
Chart values as text

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

Nando's Perinaise Dressing
100/100
PERi PERi Sauce - Medium
100/100
PERi PERi Sauce - Hot
100/100
PERi PERi Sauce - Medium
100/100
Fried Onion
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. Nando's Perinaise Dressing 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

Nando's Perinaise Dressing lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 30 (95th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Water
2
Rapeseed Oil
3
Dried Vinegar
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Cornflour
6
Garlic Puree
7
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
8
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
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
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Egg Yolk
12
Cider Vinegar
13
Onion Puree
14
Lemon Puree
15
Green Chillies
16
Natural Flavour
17
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
18
Spices
19
Red Chilli Pepper
20
Including African Bird's Eye Chilli
21
Paprika
22
White Pepper
23
Black Pepper
24
Guar Gum
25
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
26
Propylene Glycol Alginate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Approved
27
Derived From Seaweed
28
Calcium Disodium Edta
29
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
30
Rosemary Extract

Full Ingredient List

Water, Rapeseed Oil, Vinegar, Sugar, Cornflour, Garlic Puree (Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid), Salt, _Egg Yolk_, Cider Vinegar, Onion Puree, Lemon Puree, Green Chillies, Flavour, Potassium Sorbate, Spices (Red Chilli Pepper, African Bird's Eye Chilli, Paprika, White Pepper, Black Pepper), Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Propylene Glycol Alginate (derived from Seaweed), Calcium Disodium EDTA, Ascorbic Acid, Rosemary Extract.

Other products containing Derived From Seaweed

Derived From Seaweed is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Salad dressings

High-score cross-brand comparables for Nando's Perinaise Dressing

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Nando's Perinaise Dressing has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0655273003199: 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.