Safe

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit

by Marketside

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131305136 · Marketside · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131305136 · Serving size 1.5 cups (100 g)

The verdict

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit by Marketside scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Green Cabbage, Lettuce, Carrots. 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 56 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

75/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

31305136 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Meal for two · ±0 BOOK-OFF …305136 · July 2026

16 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 31305136 · 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: Meal for two multiserve frozen dinner · Nearest score peer is Meal for two multiserve frozen dinner 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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Avocado Ranch Chopped Sal…95/1002. Meal for two multiserve frozen dinner: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Meal for two multiserve f…95/1003. Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Grilled Chicken Pesto Pas…95/1004. St. John's Wort 300mg Capsule: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. St. John's Wort 300mg Cap…95/1005. Chocolate Flavored High Protein Complete Nutritional Drink Shakes, Chocolate: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chocolate Flavored High P…95/100
High-band neighbours for Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit (95/100) outside Marketside.
Chart values as text

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

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit
95/100
Meal for two multiserve frozen dinner
95/100
Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl
95/100
St. John's Wort 300mg Capsule
95/100
Chocolate Flavored High Protein Complete Nutritional Drink Shakes, Chocolate
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Green Cabbage
2
Lettuce
3
Carrots
4
Kale
5
Red Cabbage
6
Green Onions
7
Vegetable Oil
8
Canola
9
Soybean Oil
10
Nonfat Sour Cream
11
Cultured Skim Milk
12
Corn Starch
13
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
14
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
15
Locust Bean Gum
16
Water
17
Avocado
18
Egg Yolk
19
Cilantro
20
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
21
Dehydrated Bell Pepper
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Distilled Vinegar
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Corn Starch
26
Onion
27
Gluconic acid
pH Control
Safe
28
Apple Cider Vinegar
29
Spices
30
Lime Juice Concentrate
31
Seasoning Blend
32
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
33
Natural Flavors
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
Guar Gum
36
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
38
Ground Mustard
39
Concentrated Fruit Juices
40
Color
41
Turmeric Extract
42
Lemon Peel
43
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
44
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
45
Cultured Dextrose
46
Pasteurized Milk
47
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
48
Cheese Culture
49
Enzymes
50
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
51
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
52
Blue Corn Flour
53
Sunflower Oil
54
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
55
Lime
56
Milk And Eggs

Full Ingredient List

GREEN CABBAGE, LETTUCE, CARROTS, KALE, RED CABBAGE, GREEN ONIONS, VEGETABLE OIL [CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL], NONFAT SOUR CREAM [CULTURED SKIM MILK, CORN STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, LOCUST BEAN GUM], WATER, AVOCADO, EGG YOLK, CILANTRO, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED BELL PEPPER, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DRIED ONION, GLUCONIC ACID, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, SPICES, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, SEASONING BLEND [DEXTROSE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH], XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, TOCOPHEROLS, PHOSPHORIC ACID, GROUND MUSTARD, FRUIT JUICES [COLOR], TURMERIC EXTRACT [COLOR], DRIED LEMON PEEL, CITRIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, CULTURED DEXTROSE), PASTEURIZED MILK, POWDERED CELLULOSE, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO, NATAMYCIN, BLUE CORN FLOUR, SUNFLOWER OIL, SEA SALT, LIME. CONTAINS MILK AND EGGS.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit

Neighbours outside Marketside with screening scores in the same high band as Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marketside; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit'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 0681131305136: 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.