Classic Caesar Dressing
Classic Caesar Dressing by Topco Associates Llc, Topco has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Condiments / Sauces / Salad dressings / Groceries
How This Score Is Built
Classic Caesar Dressing draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Classic Caesar Dressing sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
water, soybean oil, vinegar, romano cheese (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), sugar, egg yolks, contains less than 2% salt, parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized part skim milk, salt, enzymes), modified food starch, garlic*, garlic juice, spices, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, molasses, onion*, corn syrup, caramel color, tamarind, natural flavor, potassium sorbate and calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor).
Compare beyond brand
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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Barcode
- 0036800179950
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Classic Caesar Dressing rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.8/5, Classic Caesar Dressing sits behind 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.8/5 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 3.8/5, 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.