Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium
Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium by Dean's has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Condiments / Sauces / Dips / Groceries
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. 10 of 10 ingredients tracked for Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium 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 Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
Skim milk, whey (milk), palm oil, water, distilled vinegar, aged red cayenne pepper, salt, contains less than 2% of onion*, sugar, sour cream* (cultured cream, nonfat milk), lactic acid, garlic*, food starch-modified, gelatin, citric acid, xanthan gum, disodium inosinate & disodium guanylate, spices, carrageenan, soy lecithin, locust bean gum, guar gum, monosodium glutamate, parsley*, sodium hexametaphosphate, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), yellow 5 & 6
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium: 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: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 10.
Product Details
- Brand
- Dean's
- Barcode
- 0026700154195
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium above or below average on ingredient safety?
Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Dean's, buffalo ranch dip, medium's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, 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.