Avoid

Southwest Grill

by Etai's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0762089266035 · Etai's · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0762089266035 · Serving size 344 g (344 g)

The verdict

Southwest Grill by Etai's scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Mixed Organic Greens, Chicken, Ranch Dressing. 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 40 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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

45/100

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.

89266035 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Southwest Grill label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Corn Chips · ±0 BOOK-OFF …266035 · July 2026

7 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 89266035 · 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: Corn Chips · Nearest score peer is Corn Chips 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.

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

1. Southwest Grill: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Southwest Grill45/1002. Corn Chips: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Corn Chips45/1003. Imitation Rum Extract: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Imitation Rum Extract45/1004. Butternut Squash Bisque: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Butternut Squash Bisque45/1005. Low calorie soda, orange: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Low calorie soda, orange45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Southwest Grill (45/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Southwest Grill
45/100
Corn Chips
45/100
Imitation Rum Extract
45/100
Butternut Squash Bisque
45/100
Low calorie soda, orange
45/100

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. Southwest Grill scores 49.1 points below that category average (45/100 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

Southwest Grill lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 40 (93rd 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

How the 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Mixed greens, chicken, ranch dressing (buttermilk [cultured low-fat milk, nonfat dry milk, salt], mayonnaise [soybean oil, whole egg and egg yolks, water, distilled vinegar], ranch dressing mix [salt, monosodium glutamate, maltodextrin, dehydrated parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, carrageenan, buttermilk product, turmeric ], calcium stearate), tomato, corn, black beans, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto), jalapenos, tortilla strips (corn masa flour, sunflower, safflower, canola and/or corn oil, salt, red 40, blue 1.

Categories

Salted-snacks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Southwest Grill

Neighbours outside Etai's in the same lower screening band as Southwest Grill (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Etai's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Southwest Grill's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Southwest Grill'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 0762089266035: 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.