Kroger NOVA 4

Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade

Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade: 5/5 ingredient safety

Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade by Kroger 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.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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 Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade 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 Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade 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
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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

water, distilled vinegar, sugar, salt, contains 2% ur less of: dried garlic, dried onion, xanthan gum, soybean oil*, spice, dried red bell pepper, sodum renzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), dl-alpha tócopheryl acetate (vitamin e), lemon juice concentrate, carámel color. * contributes a trivial amount of fat.

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110036360
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade'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 Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade?

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 Zesty Italian Dressing + Marinade 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.