Kraft NOVA 4

Buffalo Mayonaise

Buffalo Mayonaise: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

Buffalo Mayonaise by Kraft has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Buffalo Mayonaise have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Buffalo Mayonaise sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

SOYBEAN OIL, CAYENNE PEPPER PUREE (CAYENNE PEPPER, SALT, VINEGAR), VINEGAR, WATER, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, EGG YOLKS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EGGS, SALT, O SPICES, PAPRIKA, DRIED ONION, DRIED GARLIC, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PHOSPHORIC ACID, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR). CONTAINS: EGG. 8 21000 08368

Product Details

Brand
Kraft
Barcode
0021000083688
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Buffalo Mayonaise above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.5/5, Buffalo Mayonaise sits behind 91% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Buffalo Mayonaise's 3.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.