Safe

Red Bliss Potato Salad

by Papa John's Salads & Produce

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0782796023486 · Papa John's Salads & Produce · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0782796023486 · Serving size 0.67 cup (140 g)

The verdict

Red Bliss Potato Salad by Papa John's Salads & Produce scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Red Potatoes, Mayonnaise, Vegetable Oil. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 39 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

96023486 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red Bliss Potato Salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Sundae Nut Flavored · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023486 · July 2026

6 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 96023486 · 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: Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut · Nearest score peer is Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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. Red Bliss Potato Salad: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Red Bliss Potato Salad90/1002. Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sundae Nut Flavored Vanil…90/1003. Ice cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice cream90/1004. Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream90/1005. Ice cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice cream90/100
High-band neighbours for Red Bliss Potato Salad (90/100) outside Papa John's Salads & Produce.
Chart values as text

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

Red Bliss Potato Salad
90/100
Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut
90/100
Ice cream
90/100
Ice Cream
90/100
Ice cream
90/100

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. Red Bliss Potato Salad scores 4.1 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 94.1/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Salted-snacks products

Red Bliss Potato Salad lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 407 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 39 (92nd 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Red Potatoes
2
Mayonnaise
3
Vegetable Oil
4
Soybean
5
Canola
6
Water
7
Distilled Vinegar
8
Egg Yolk
9
Sugar Salt
10
Spice
11
Calcium Disodium
12
Edta To Protect Flavor
13
Sour Cream
14
Cultured Cream
15
Corn Starch
16
Sodium Phosphate
17
Guar Gum
18
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
19
Locust Bean Gum
20
Celery
21
Sweet Pickle Relish
22
Cucumbers
23
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
24
Dried Vinegar
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Modified Food Starch
27
Organic Onions
28
Organic Chili Flakes
29
Mustard Seed
30
Spice Flavoring
31
Turmeric. Propylene Glycol
32
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
33
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
34
Yellow #5 & Blue #1
35
Eggs
36
Whole Eggs
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
Green Onions
39
Garlic Powder

Full Ingredient List

Red potatoes, mayonnaise (vegetable oil [soybean, canola), water, distilled vinegar, egg yolk, sugar salt, spice, calcium disodium (edta to protect flavor)), sour cream (cultured cream, modified corn starch, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum), celery, sweet pickle relish (cucumbers, corn syrup, vinegar, salt, modified food starch, onions, chili flakes, mustard seed, spice flavoring, turmeric. propylene glycol, polysorbate 80, sodium benzoate, yellow #5 & blue #1), eggs (whole eggs, water, citric acid, sodium benzoate), green onions, salt, garlic powder.

Other products containing Yellow #5 & Blue #1

Yellow #5 & Blue #1 is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 9 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Salted-snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Red Bliss Potato Salad

Neighbours outside Papa John's Salads & Produce with screening scores in the same high band as Red Bliss Potato Salad (90/100 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

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Red Bliss Potato Salad's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Red Bliss Potato Salad's 2 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 0782796023486: 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.