Prepared salads
Little Salad Bar Southwest Chopped Salad Kit
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 40
Little Salad Bar Southwest Chopped Salad Kit scores 40 out of 100 (Okay) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
- minus 7.5 points 6 kinds of ultra-processing markers: Industrial additive classes found: anti-caking agent, color (added), flavor enhancer, flavoring, industrial sugar or starch hydrolysate and thickener, stabilizer or gelling agent. Emerging
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
The Receipt
Southwest Chopped Salad Kit
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Soybean oil minus 2.5 points
- Xanthan gum minus 2.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 1.5 points
- Vegetable oil (unspecified) minus 1.5 points
- Maltodextrin minus 1.5 points
- Yeast extract minus 0.5 points
- Silicon dioxide minus 0.5 points
- Powdered cellulose minus 0.5 points
- Natamycin minus 0.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 6 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 7.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 8 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Saturated fat 3 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 0.7 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 7 g / 100 g plus 4 points
- Protein 10.5 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 60 = 40
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [13]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 140 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 21 g |
| Saturated fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 30 g |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Added sugars | 1 g |
| Fiber | 7 g |
| Protein | 10.5 g |
| Salt | 0.7 g |
Serving: 3.5 portion (100 g)
Ingredients
- green cabbage
- green leaf lettuce
- kale
- red cabbage
- carrots
- green onions
- water
- distilled vinegar
- soybean oil
- cultured buttermilk
- sugar (high concern)
- egg yolk
- salt
- tomato paste
- chipotle pepper puree
- lemon juice concentrate
- xanthan gum
- dried garlic
- ground red pepper
- dried onion
- spice
- chipotle chili pepper
- chili powder
- dried green onion
- spice
- garlic
- smoke flavor
- onion juice powder
- natural smoke flavor
- extractive of paprika
- tortilla strips
- enriched corn meal
- vegetable oil
- salt
- cheddar cheese
- milk
- salt
- cultures
- enzymes
- whey
- buttermilk
- cream
- salt
- maltodextrin
- autolyzed yeast extract
- natural flavors
- dehydrated onion
- citric acid
- lactic acid
- extractive of paprika
- silicon dioxide
- sharp white cheddar cheese
- pasteurized milk
- cheese culture
- salt
- rennet
- powdered cellulose
- natamycin
Label text, as published
green cabbage, green leaf lettuce, kale, red cabbage, carrots, green onions, water, distilled vinegar, soybean oil, cultured buttermilk, sugar, egg yolk, salt, tomato paste, chipotle pepper puree, lemon juice concentrate, xanthan gum, dried garlic, ground red pepper, dried onion, spice, chipotle chili pepper, chili powder, dried green onion, spice, garlic, smoke flavor, onion juice powder, natural smoke flavor, extractive of paprika, tortilla strips, enriched corn meal, vegetable oil, salt, cheddar cheese, milk, salt, cultures, enzymes, whey, buttermilk, cream, salt, maltodextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavors, dehydrated onion, citric acid, lactic acid, extractive of paprika, silicon dioxide, sharp white cheddar cheese, pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, rennet, powdered cellulose, natamycin
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat, Egg
- Not vegan
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Little Salad Bar
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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“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
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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11. List of Permitted Preservatives (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)
“B.2 Butylated Hydroxyanisole n/a (a) Active dry yeasts (a) Preservative (a) 1,000 ppm n/a”
canada.ca
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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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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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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