Mustard potato salad, mustard
Mustard potato salad, mustard by Food Lion has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Mustard potato salad, mustard 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 Mustard potato salad, mustard sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Potatoes, mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, egg yolks, vinegar, salt), mustard (water, vinegar, mustard seed, salt, sugar, soybean oil, turmeric, paprika, garlic powder, spices, xanthan gum, annatto color, citric acid, natural flavor), celery, onion, water, sugar, sweet pickle relish (cucumber, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, mustard seeds, xanthan gum, calcium chloride, celery seeds, dehydrated red bell pepper, natural flavors, turmeric, minced onion), red bell pepper, apple cider vinegar, salt, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), annatto extract (color), xanthan gum.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mustard potato salad, mustard: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Food Lion
- Barcode
- 0035826108197
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Mustard potato salad, mustard above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Mustard potato salad, mustard sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.3/5 rating on Mustard potato salad, mustard?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Mustard potato salad, mustard's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.