Vegetables based foods
Taylor Farms Apple & Walnut Salad with Chicken
5.5 oz/156 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains artificial flavors
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 14
Taylor Farms Apple & Walnut Salad with Chicken scores 14 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points High fructose corn syrup: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Honey: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
The Receipt
Apple & Walnut Salad with Chicken
Ingredients
- High fructose corn syrup minus 20 points
- Honey minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 6 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 7.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 10.9 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Saturated fat 2.6 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 1 g / 100 g minus 3 points
100 − 86.5 = 13.5 → 14
Can’t score above 79. Contains high fructose corn syrup, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3][4]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 160 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 9 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.6 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13.5 g |
| Sugars | 10.9 g |
| Added sugars | 8.3 g |
| Fiber | 1.3 g |
| Protein | 5.8 g |
| Salt | 1 g |
Serving: 1 salad (156 g)
Ingredients
- sweet onion vinaigrette (canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, water, dijon mustard, onion, red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, sweet onion, salt, lemon juice concentrate, dried onion, spices, xanthan gum, natural smoke flavor)
- green leaf lettuce
- apples (apples and calcium ascorbate [vitamin c calcium salt])
- chicken breast meat (chicken breast with rib meat, water, cultured sugar and vinegar, potato starch, sea salt, natural flavorings)
- spring mix ()
- blue cheese crumbles (blue cheese, powdered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor)
- walnuts glazed (walnuts, honey powder, honey coating, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, sugar, salt)
- sweetened dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil)
- carrot
Label text, as published
sweet onion vinaigrette (canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, water, dijon mustard [water, mustard seed, distilled vinegar, salt, white wine, citric acid, turmeric (color), tartaric acid, spices], onion, red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, sweet onion [sweet onion, vinegar, salt], salt, lemon juice concentrate, dried onion, spices, xanthan gum, natural smoke flavor), green leaf lettuce, apples (apples and calcium ascorbate [vitamin c calcium salt]), chicken breast meat (chicken breast with rib meat, water, cultured sugar and vinegar, potato starch, sea salt, natural flavorings), spring mix (may contain some or all of the following baby whole leaf varieties: green leaf, mizuna, green romaine, tango, green oak, green chard, baby spinach, arugula, frisee, tatsoi, mache, red chard, red leaf, lolla rosa, red romaine, red mustard, radicchio, red oak, beet tops), blue cheese crumbles (blue cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], powdered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin to protect flavor), walnuts glazed (walnuts, honey powder [sucrose, wheat starch, honey], honey coating [sugar, honey, salt, corn starch, carrots [for color], gum arabic, xanthan gum, propylene glycol, natural and artificial flavors [with artificial color], molasses powder (refinery syrup, molasses), raisin juice concentrate, citric acid], vegetable oil [may contain one or more of the following: canola, sunflower and/or soybean], maltodextrin, xanthan gum, sugar, salt), sweetened dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), carrot,
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Tree nuts, Soy, Wheat, Gluten, Mustard
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Taylor Farms
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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21 CFR 184.1866 High fructose corn syrup
“a sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture containing either approximately 42 or 55 percent fructose”
ecfr.gov
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org