Inc, Gourmet On The Go! Salads, Cobb Salad
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Inc, Gourmet On The Go! Salads, Cobb Salad by Buy Fresh Produce 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.
What the Data Says About
Inc, Gourmet On The Go! Salads, Cobb Salad by Buy Fresh Produce 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, Inc, Gourmet On The Go! Salads, Cobb 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
| 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
Full Ingredient List
Romaine lettuce, blue cheese dressing (mayonnaise [soybean oil, water, egg yolks, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of salt, mustard bran, spice, lemon juice concentrate, calcium disodium edta {added to protect flavor}], blue cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt enzymes, natamycin {protect flavor}], buttermilk [cultured skim milk, cream, salt], sour cream [cultured milk, cream, nonfat milk powder, gelatin], vinegar, water, salt, lemon juice concentrate, dehydrated garlic, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate to protect flavor), chicken breast strips (cooked chicken breast, water, potassium lactate, potato starch, isolated soy protein, chicken flavor [maltodextrin,chicken stock, salt, sugar, yeast extract, potassium lactate, natural flavors, chicken fat, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, propylene glycol alginate, modified corn starch, corn syrup solids and tocopherol], salt, cane juice [natural sugar], sodium phosphate, white pepper),mild cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], potato starch and powdered cellulose [anti-caking], natamycin [natural mold inhibitor]), grape tomatoes, hard cooked eggs, bacon topping (bacon cured with; water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium nitrite, may contain: natural smoke flavoring, sodium erythorbate, sodium ascorbate), olives (olives, water, salt, ferrous gluconate),carrots, red cabbage.
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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