Avoid

Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0708820620322 · Meijer · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0708820620322 · Serving size 1/3 cup (90 g)

The verdict

Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad by Meijer scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 43-component record, beginning with Tuna, Albacore And Light Tuna, Vegetable Broth. 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 43 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

20620322 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 24% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Liquid water enhancer, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …620322 · July 2026

12 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 20620322 · 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: Liquid water enhancer, pineapple coconut · Nearest score peer is Liquid water enhancer, pineapple coconut at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Light & albacore tuna wit…45/1002. Liquid water enhancer, pineapple coconut: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Liquid water enhancer, pi…45/1003. Limited edition peppermint premium ice cream: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Limited edition peppermin…45/1004. Purple cow, premium ice cream, peppermint, peppermint: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Purple cow, premium ice c…45/1005. Premium Ice Cream: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Premium Ice Cream45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad (45/100 on 43 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad
45/100
Liquid water enhancer, pineapple coconut
45/100
Limited edition peppermint premium ice cream
45/100
Purple cow, premium ice cream, peppermint, peppermint
45/100
Premium Ice Cream
45/100

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. Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad scores 48.6 points below that category average (45/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 76th percentile a longer ingredient list than 76% 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: 43 (76th 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 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Tuna
2
Albacore And Light Tuna
3
Vegetable Broth
4
Water
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Salad Dressing
7
Soybean Oil
8
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Egg Yolk
10
Distilled Vinegar
11
Corn Starch
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Corn Starch
14
Apple Cider Vinegar
15
Mustard Flour
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Paprika And Paprika Extract
17
Calcium Disodium Edta
18
Celery
19
Onion
20
Pickle Relish
21
Pickles
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
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
24
Mustard Seed
25
Alum
26
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
27
Preservatives
28
Red Bell Pepper
29
Turmeric
30
Natural Spice Flavors
31
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
32
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
34
Bread Crumbs
35
Bleached Wheat Flour
36
Yeast
37
Lemon Juice
38
Lemon Juice
39
Sodium Bisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
40
Preservative
41
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
42
Lemon Oil
43
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Tuna (albacore and light tuna, vegetable broth, water, and salt), salad dressing (soybean oil, water, high fructose corn syrup, egg yolk, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, contains less than 2% salt, corn starch, apple cider vinegar, mustard flour, paprika and paprika extract, calcium disodium edta [to protect quality]), celery, onion, pickle relish (pickles, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, xanthan gum, mustard seed, alum, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [preservatives], red bell pepper, turmeric, natural spice flavors, polysorbate 80, fd&c yellow #5, fd&c blue #1), bread crumbs (bleached wheat flour, sugar, salt, yeast, soybean oil), sugar, lemon juice (water, concentrated lemon juice, sodium bisulfite [preservative], sodium benzoate [preservative], lemon oil), salt, sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness), potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness).

Categories

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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad

Neighbours outside Meijer in the same lower screening band as Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Light & albacore tuna with celery, onion and pickle relish in a creamy dressing salad's 3 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 0708820620322: 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.