Caution

Broccoli Cheddar Salad

by Papa John's Salads & Produce

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0782796023219 · Papa John's Salads & Produce · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0782796023219 · Serving size 0.5 cup (100 g)

The verdict

Broccoli Cheddar Salad by Papa John's Salads & Produce scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Broccoli, Mayonnaise, Water. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 36 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

96023219 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Broccoli Cheddar Salad label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 36% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrate PHOTO-FINISH Ham Pinwheel Platter · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023219 · July 2026

11 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrate). Source sheet 96023219 · 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: Ham Pinwheel Platter · Nearest score peer is Ham Pinwheel Platter 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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. Broccoli Cheddar Salad: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Broccoli Cheddar Salad85/1002. Ham Pinwheel Platter: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ham Pinwheel Platter85/1003. Deluxe Roast Beef: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Deluxe Roast Beef85/1004. Chef Salad With Homestyle Ranch: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chef Salad With Homestyle…85/1005. Deluxe Roast Beef: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Deluxe Roast Beef85/100
High-band neighbours for Broccoli Cheddar Salad (85/100) outside Papa John's Salads & Produce.
Chart values as text

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

Broccoli Cheddar Salad
85/100
Ham Pinwheel Platter
85/100
Deluxe Roast Beef
85/100
Chef Salad With Homestyle Ranch
85/100
Deluxe Roast Beef
85/100

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. Broccoli Cheddar Salad scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 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

Broccoli Cheddar Salad lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 64th percentile a longer ingredient list than 64% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 36 (64th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Broccoli
2
Mayonnaise
3
Water
4
Vegetable Oil
5
Soybean
6
Canola
7
Distilled Vinegar
8
Egg Yolk
9
Starch
Thickener
Safe
10
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate As Preservatives
13
Spice
14
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
15
Lemon Juice Concentrate
16
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
17
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
18
Cheddar Cheese
19
Pasteurized Milk
20
Cheese Culture
21
Enzymes
22
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
23
Bacon Bits
24
Bacon
25
Cured With Water
26
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
28
Sodium Nitrate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
29
May Also Contain Potassium Chloride
30
Smoke Flavoring
31
Sodium Phosphate
32
Honey
33
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
34
Red Onion
35
White Vinegar
36
White Distilled Vinegar Reduced With Water To 5% Acidity

Full Ingredient List

Broccoli, mayonnaise (water, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), distilled vinegar, egg yolk, modified starch, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of: salt, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate as preservatives, spice, xanthan gum, lemon juice concentrate, lactic acid, dextrose), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto), bacon bits (bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate), may also contain potassium chloride, dextrose, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, honey, sodium diacetate)), sugar, red onion, white vinegar (white distilled vinegar reduced with water to 5% acidity)

Other products containing White Distilled Vinegar Reduced With Water To 5% Acidity

White Distilled Vinegar Reduced With Water To 5% Acidity is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Prepared salads Salads

High-score cross-brand comparables for Broccoli Cheddar Salad

Neighbours outside Papa John's Salads & Produce with screening scores in the same high band as Broccoli Cheddar Salad (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Papa John's Salads & Produce; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Broccoli Cheddar Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrate. Open Sodium Nitrate
  • Compare Broccoli Cheddar Salad's 1 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 0782796023219: 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.