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Marketside Southwest Salad,

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131388047 · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131388047 · Serving size 1 CUP SALAD WITH 1.5 TBSP. DRESSING (100 g)

The verdict

Marketside Southwest Salad, scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 70 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 70-component record, beginning with Iceberg Lettuce, Chipotle Ranch Dressing, Cultured Nonfat Buttermilk. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 70 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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

31388047 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Marketside Southwest Salad, label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 70 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Natamycin PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …388047 · July 2026

17 of 70 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Natamycin). Source sheet 31388047 · 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

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.

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. Marketside Southwest Salad, scores 5.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 94.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

Marketside Southwest Salad, lists 70 ingredients on its label

70 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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: 70 (99th 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

1
Iceberg Lettuce
2
Chipotle Ranch Dressing
3
Cultured Nonfat Buttermilk
4
Water
5
Nonfat Dry Milk
6
Soybean Oil
7
Buttermilk Cultures
8
Distilled Vinegar
9
Chipotle Peppers
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Egg Yolks
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Spices
14
Mustard
15
Cultured Nonfat Milk
16
Garlic Powder
17
Onion Powder
18
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
19
Natural Smoke Flavor
20
Natural Flavor
21
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
22
Cultured Sugar And Vinegar
23
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Flavorings
26
Romaine Lettuce
27
Red Peppers And Jalapenos With Santa Fe Tortilla Strips
28
Crispy Red Peppers And Jalapenos
29
Enriched Flour
30
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Reduced Iron
32
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
35
Organic Sunflower
36
Safflower
37
Canola Oil
38
Dried Red Bell Peppers
39
Jalapeno Peppers
40
Santa Fe Tortilla Strips
41
Corn Masa Flour
42
Seasoning
43
Paprika
44
Color
45
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
46
Corn Syrup Solids
47
Safflower Oil
48
Jalapeno Pepper
49
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
50
Lime Juice Solids
51
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
52
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
53
Nacho And Taco Cheese Blend
54
Cheddar And Colby Cheese
55
Pasteurized Milk
56
Cheese Culture
57
Enzymes
58
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
59
Monterey Jack Cheese
60
Nacho Taco Seasoning
61
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
62
Lime Oil
63
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
64
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
65
Natural Mold Inhibitor
66
Roma Tomatoes
67
Yellow Onion
68
Carrot
69
Red Cabbage
70
Fresh Cilantro

Full Ingredient List

Iceberg lettuce, chipotle ranch dressing (cultured nonfat buttermilk [water, nonfat dry milk, soybean oil, buttermilk cultures], soybean oil, water, distilled vinegar, chipotle peppers, contains less than 2% salt, egg yolks, sugar, spices [contains mustard], cultured nonfat milk, garlic powder, onion powder, xanthan gum, smoke flavor, natural flavor), chicken breast meat with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, cultured sugar and vinegar, potato starch, sea salt, natural flavorings), romaine lettuce, red peppers and jalapenos with santa fe tortilla strips (crispy red peppers and jalapenos [enriched flour {wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, sunflower, safflower and/or canola oil, red bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, salt], santa fe tortilla strips [corn masa flour, sunflower, safflower and/or canola oil, seasoning {tomato powder, onion powder, salt, garlic powder, paprika (color), spices, maltodextrin, sugar, corn syrup solids, safflower oil, dehydrated jalapeno pepper, natural flavor, autolyzed yeast extract, lime juice solids, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate}]), nacho and taco cheese blend (cheddar and colby cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], nacho taco seasoning [spices, salt, sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, soybean oil, citric acid, lime oil], potato starch, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), roma tomatoes, yellow onion, carrot, red cabbage, fresh cilantro, jalapeno peppers.

Categories

Salted-snacks

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Marketside Southwest Salad, has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Salted-snacks 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 0681131388047: 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.