Kroger Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Classic Caesar Dressing

Classic Caesar Dressing: 4.4/5 ingredient safety

Classic Caesar Dressing by Kroger has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Condiments / Sauces / Salad dressings

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. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for Classic Caesar Dressing 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 Classic Caesar Dressing sits nationally

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

4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

4.4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.4 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
5
Low Risk / Safe
E
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, water, lowfat buttermilk (cultured lowfat and skim milk, salt, tapioca starch, locust bean gum, carrageenan), distilled vinegar, parmesan cheese (cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), sugar, contains 2% or less of cream powder (cream, soy lecithin, bha [to protect color]), salt, rochester sauce (distilled vinegar, corn syrup water, salt, garlic powder, spices, tamarind, natural flavors), maltodextrin, egg yolk, romano cheese from cow's milk (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), lemon juice concentrate, lactic acid, dried garlic, dried onion, spices, xanthan gum, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, modified corn starch, natural flavor, cultured whey, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor). contains: milk, egg, soy. distributi 2. please

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Classic Caesar Dressing: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110048677
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

How does Classic Caesar Dressing's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Classic Caesar Dressing's 4.4/5 average puts it in the safer 69%, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.4/5 rating on Classic Caesar Dressing?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Classic Caesar Dressing's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, which is the Low Risk 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.