Market Basket Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

White meat chicken salad

White meat chicken salad: 5/5 ingredient safety

White meat chicken salad by Market Basket 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 D.

  • 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 White meat chicken salad, 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 White meat chicken salad 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
D
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

White chicken meat, 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]), white chicken pieces (white chicken, water, salt, modified food starch, sodium phosphates), celery, salad dressing (water, soybean oil, sugar, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, egg yolks, contains less than 2% mustard [distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt], salt, spices, torula yeast, paprika [for color], natural flavors, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate [preservative]), bread crumbs (bleached wheat flour, yeast, sugar, and salt), seasoning (maltodextrin, cultured dextrose, sodium diacetate, salt, sodium chloride, egg white lysozyme, nisin preparation), salt, sugar, cider vinegar (cider and white), citric acid (antioxidant), spice.

Product Details

Barcode
0036217160602
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does White meat chicken salad rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, White meat chicken salad sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should White meat chicken salad's 5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. White meat chicken salad's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is 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.