Banquet
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Banquet, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Banquet averages 87.5/100 across the 115 of 148 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 65.2% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 87.5/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 115 scored products
- 148
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 65.2%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 100%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 148 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Banquet, Sausage Snack Size Sandwiches; 6.25 Oz pizza meal; Reduced Fat Pepperoni Stuffed Pizza Slices; 65.2% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 87.5/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 115 of 148 tracked Banquet records (77.7%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 33 cannot be screened, so the 87.5/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Banquet
Banquet: 148 products tracked, 115 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 87.5/100, 65.2% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 77.7% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Banquet's 65.2% flagged share is 47.2 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Banquet processing intensity
Banquet's NOVA-classified set is 115 products: 100% ultra-processed (Group 4, 115 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 115. That ultra-processed share sits 21.7 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
- G1
- 0
- G2
- 0
- G3
- 0
- G4 ultra
- 115 (100%)
Shelf mix
Where Banquet shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Banquet concentrates in Frozen foods (33, 41% of this top-five); Meals (24); Plant-based foods and beverages (11); Meats and their products (10); Breakfasts (2).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen foods | 32 | 94.1/100 | 56.3% |
| Meals | 24 | 80.2/100 | 83.3% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 11 | 77.7/100 | 81.8% |
| Meats and their products | 9 | 86.7/100 | 44.4% |
| Breakfasts | 2 | 85/100 | 50% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Banquet's 65.2% flagged share is measured across 115 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Banquet flagged share vs large-brand cohort
65.2% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
65% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (87.5/100) summarizes 115 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Banquet product score distribution
Brand average 87.5/100 across 115 scored products
88 32nd percentile sits above 32% of the 115 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 50–60
- 6 scored products (5%)
- 60–70
- 6 scored products (5%)
- 70–80
- 12 scored products (10%)
- 80–90
- 25 scored products (22%)
- 90–100
- 26 scored products (23%)
- 100 and above
- 40 scored products (35%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Banquet relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 115 Banquet products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 44. It is used by 3,551 other brands in this database (10.1% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Banquet products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 44 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| BHT | 41 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| BHA | 19 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| Propyl Gallate | 8 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Sodium Nitrite | 7 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Carrageenan | 6 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Titanium Dioxide | 2 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| Azodicarbonamide | 1 | Restricted: EU (banned); Australia (banned) |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Banquet records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (43 ingredients and 80/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 43 ingredients
- Median score
- 80/100
The outlined point is Banquet, Sausage Snack Size Sandwiches, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (4). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Banquet, Sausage Snack Size Sandwiches: 29 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- 6.25 Oz pizza meal: 109 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Reduced Fat Pepperoni Stuffed Pizza Slices: 77 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Chicken fried beef steak meal: 76 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Chicken Fried Chicken Meal: 72 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Homestyle bakes: 45 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Beef Pot Pie: 39 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Sausage & Gravy Deep Dish: 31 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni Stuffed Breadsticks: 89 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis, Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis: 36 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis: 35 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Banquet, Sausage & Pancake Minis: 35 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Mega Breakfast Bowl Sausage & Gravy: 36 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Brown'n Serve Beef Sausages: 9 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Brown'N Serve Turkey Fully Cooked Sausage Links: 14 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Brown 'N Serve Original Fully Cooked Sausage Patties: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Turkey Fully Cooked Sausage Patties: 17 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Original Fully Cooked Sausage Links: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Brown'N Serve Original Fully Cooked Sausage Patties: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Vermont Maple Fully Cooked Sausage Links: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Brown 'N Serve Original Fully Cooked Sausage Links: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Banquet, Brown 'N Serve, Fully Cooked Sausage Crumbles, Hot & Spicy, Banquet, Brown 'N Serve, Fully Cooked Sausage Crumbles, Hot & Spicy: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Banquet, Sausage Gravy: 33 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Southwestern Style Sausage Gravy & Cornbread: 16 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Salisbury Steak Meal: 80 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Turkey Meal: 84 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Backyard bbq meal: 64 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- BANQUET Basic Meatloaf Meal, 8 OZ: 65 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Mega Meals: 70 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- BANQUET Chicken Broccoli Pot Pie, 7 OZ: 43 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Chicken Pot Pie: 45 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Turkey Pot Pie: 48 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Banquet Apple Pie Frozen Dessert, 7 Ounce: 22 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Deep Dish Cheesy Ham & Potato: 34 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Brown'n serve french toast breakfast: 43 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- BANQUET Turkey Meal, 9.25 OZ: 70 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Premium Corn Dog Meals: 57 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Banquet, Pork Patty Meal: 66 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Sausage Biscuit Gravy, 28.1 OZ: 40 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Chicken Dumpling, 25.7 OZ: 71 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Swedish Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes: 86 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Chicken Nuggets, Breaded Nugget-Shaped Chicken Patties: 34 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Breast Nuggets: 38 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Breast Tenders: 39 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Fried Beef Steak Bowl: 65 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Banquet, Chicken Patty Meal , Honey Mustard, Honey Mustard: 51 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Banquet, Chicken & Buttermilk Biscuit Snack Size Sandwiches: 49 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Nashville Hot Chicken Recipe Mega Bowl: 71 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Cheesy Ham Potatoes, 27.1 OZ: 51 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo: 56 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Banquet
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 98 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Banquet: closest on tracked product count (148 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (87.5/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Banquet food safe? ▼
Banquet has an average safety score of 88/100 across the 115 of 148 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 65.2% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Banquet products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 148 Banquet products. 115 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 33 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Banquet catalog? ▼
Banquet has 115 NOVA-classified products; 100% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 115 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Banquet catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Banquet concentrates in Frozen foods (33, 41% of this top-five); Meals (24); Plant-based foods and beverages (11); Meats and their products (10); Breakfasts (2).
Does Banquet use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Banquet items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Banquet profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Banquet, Sausage Snack Size Sandwiches, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 44 scored Banquet products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Banquet's 87.5/100 average and 65.2% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
