Salad dressing and marinade balsamic vinaigrette
Salad dressing and marinade balsamic vinaigrette by Best Dressed Associates Inc. has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 2.12 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
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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Salad dressing and marinade balsamic vinaigrette has 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 Salad dressing and marinade balsamic vinaigrette sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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
Oil (soybean and olive), balsamic vinegar, cider, vinegar, salt, monosodium glutamate, natural flavoring, spices
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0008155902910
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Salad dressing and marinade balsamic vinaigrette above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Salad dressing and marinade balsamic vinaigrette's 2/5 average puts it in the lower 100%, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 2/5 ingredient safety score mean?
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 2/5 average places Salad dressing and marinade balsamic vinaigrette in the Caution tier.
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