Ham Salad
Ham Salad by Giant Eagle has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.7 out of 5, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Prepared salads / Salads
How This Score Is Built
Ham Salad 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). 3 of its 3 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 Ham Salad sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.7 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Smoked chopped ham (ham, water, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, dextrose, potassium lactate, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, flavoring), salad dressing (soybean oil, water, sugar, egg yolks [egg yolks, salt], white distilled vinegar, sea salt, modified potato starch, lemon juice, fruit and vegetable juice [color], xanthan gum), sweet relish (pickles, corn syrup, distilled vinegar, water, salt, red peppers, xanthan gum, natural flavors, calcium chloride, polysorbate 80, sodium benzoate, yellow 5), onions, sugar, cracker meal (bleached wheat flour), cultured dextrose, citric acid, sodium diacetate, xanthan gum, color (water, propylene glycol, red 40, red 3, propylparaben [preservative]), yellow color (propylene glycol and polysorbate 80 [preservatives], turmeric oleoresin and annatto extract [colors]).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Ham Salad: 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: 4.7/5.
- Potato Bacon Breakfast Δ 0.0 pts · The Kwikery 4.7/511 additives
- Assorted fruit & vegetable flavored snacks, assorted fruit & vegetable Δ 0.0 pts 4.7/57 additives
- Assorted fruit & vegetable flavored snacks, assorted fruit & vegetable Δ 0.0 pts 4.7/57 additives
- Blended Cultured Soymilk Δ 0.0 pts · Silk 4.7/57 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Giant Eagle
- Barcode
- 0003003403845
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ham Salad above or below average on ingredient safety?
Ham Salad scores 4.7 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 82% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Ham Salad's 4.7/5 score be read?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.7/5 average places Ham Salad in the Generally Safe 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.