Big Y Foods Inc. Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw

Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw: 5/5 ingredient safety

Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw by Big Y Foods Inc. has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.88 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

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw sits nationally

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

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
C
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

Cabbage; sugar; mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, whole eggs and egg yolks, vinegar, salt, sugar, lemon juice [from concentrate], oleoresin paprika, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta [used to protect quality]); water; carrots; lemon juice; white vinegar; seasoning (maltodextrin, cultured dextrose, sodium diacetate, salt, egg white lysozyme, nisin preparation); salt; ascorbic acid and sodium erythorbate (antioxidants); soybean oil; xanthan and guar gum (standardized with dextrose); citric acid (antioxidant); spice; garlic salt (salt, dehydrated garlic, silicone dioxide [prevents caking]).

Product Details

Barcode
0018894329763
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 5/5 rating on Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw?

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 5/5 average places Just Like Mom's Cole Slaw 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.