Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing
by Foodhold
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267048968 · Foodhold · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing by Foodhold scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 86 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 86-component record, beginning with Ranch Dressing, Canola Oil, Low Fat 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.
- 50/100
- Concern safety score
- 4
- Many flagged · of 86 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
43/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
50/100
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.
67048968 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing label screening desk
27 of 86 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Azodicarbonamide). Source sheet 67048968 · 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: Giant, chocolate sandwich cookies, mint · Nearest score peer is Giant, chocolate sandwich cookies, mint 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. Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing scores 44.1 points below that category average (50/100 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
Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing lists 86 ingredients on its label
86 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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Distribution as text
- 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%)
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- 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 50/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 86 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Ranch dressing (canola oil, low fat buttermilk [skim milk, whey, water, skim milk solids, whey solids, corn starch, tapioca starch, disodium phosphate {preservatives}, carrageenan gum, locust bean gum, culture], water, egg yolk, sugar, cider vinegar, onion, salt, distilled vinegar, green onions, xanthan gum, guar gum, spice, mustard flour), romaine lettuce, green leaf lettuce, hard cooked egg (eggs, water, citric acid, sodium benzoate), grape tomatoes, tavern ham (cured with water, salt, sugar, dextrose, contains less than 2% sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), maple glazed honey coated cured turkey breast (cured with water, salt, sugar, dextrose, honey, pure maple syrup, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. coated with honey, water, maple sugar & sugar, caramel color, flavorings, gelatin), carrot, red cabbage, croutons (enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], canola oil, whey, salt, yeast, 2% or less of the following: high fructose corn syrup, wheat gluten, dehydrated parsley, garlic powder, natural and artificial flavor, parmesan cheese and enzyme modified cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], cultured nonfat milk, calcium propionate [preservative], calcium peroxide, calcium sulfate, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, sodium stearoyl lactylate, colors [annatto, paprika, extractives of turmeric], tbhq [to preserve freshness]), swiss cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [vegetable color], if colored), radicchio.
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing
Neighbours outside Foodhold near Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Foodhold; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (4 flagged of 86 on 0688267048968).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (86 on 0688267048968).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Azodicarbonamide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 86-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Azodicarbonamide. Open Azodicarbonamide
- Compare Foodhold, chef salad with ranch dressing's 4 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 0688267048968: 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.