Cranberry White Meat Chicken Salad

by Stop and Shop

85
Caution
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 1 flagged ingredient

Cranberry White Meat Chicken Salad by Stop and Shop receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0688267593543
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed

What the Data Says About

Cranberry White Meat Chicken Salad by Stop and Shop carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Cranberry White Meat Chicken Salad is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Cranberry White Meat Chicken Salad
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 85/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 1 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score Not available OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
White Meat Chicken
2
Mayonnaise
3
Soybean Oil
4
Distilled Vinegar
5
Water
6
Egg Yolk
7
Whole Egg
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Lemon Juice Concentrate
11
Natural Flavor
12
Oleoresin Paprika
13
For Color
14
Calcium Disodium Edta
15
To Protect Flavor!
16
Dried Cranberries
17
Sunflower Oil
18
Celery
19
Salad Dressing
20
Corn Starch
21
Mustard Water
22
Mustard Seed
23
Spice
24
Spices Including Paprika
25
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
26
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
27
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
28
For Colori
29
Natural Flavors
30
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
31
Preservative
32
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
33
Cultured Dextrose
34
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
35
Egg White Lysozyme
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ENZYME
Listed
36
Nisin Preparation
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
GRAS
37
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
38
Antioxidant
39
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, EGG YOLK, WHOLE EGG, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (FOR COLOR), CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [TO PROTECT FLAVOR!), CRANBERRIES (CRANBERRIES, SUGAR, SUNFLOWER OIL), CELERY, SALAD DRESSING (WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, EGG YOLK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% MUSTARD WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, SPICE], SALT, SPICES INCLUDING PAPRIKA, TORULA YEAST, XANTHAN GUM, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [FOR COLORI, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA [FOR COLOR), NATURAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE]), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF PRESERVATIVE (MALTODEXTRIN, CULTURED DEXTROSE, SODIUM DIACETATE, SALT, EGG WHITE LYSOZYME, NISIN PREPARATION), SALT, CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANT), BLACK PEPPER.

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial