Benton's
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Benton's, 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
Benton's averages 99.3/100 across the 125 of 237 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 11.2% 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.
- 99.3/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 125 scored products
- 237
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 11.2%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 92.2%
- 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 237 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Original Fudge Striped Shortbread Cookies; Key Lime Crème Sandwich Cookies; Soft Baked Key Lime, & White Chocolate Chip Cookies; 11.2% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 99.3/100. 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 125 of 237 tracked Benton's records (52.7%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 112 cannot be screened, so the 99.3/100 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 Benton's
Benton's: 237 products tracked, 125 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 99.3/100, 11.2% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 52.7% 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), Benton's's 11.2% flagged share is 6.8 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Benton's processing intensity
Benton's's NOVA-classified set is 116 products: 92.2% ultra-processed (Group 4, 107 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 107. That ultra-processed share sits 13.9 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Benton's shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Benton's concentrates in Snacks (57, 88% of this top-five); Desserts (4); Granola-bites (2); Dairies (1); Graham-crackers (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 48 | 99.3/100 | 14.6% |
| Desserts | 3 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Benton's's 11.2% flagged share is measured across 125 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.
Benton's flagged share vs large-brand cohort
11.2% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
11% 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%
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- 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 (99.3/100) summarizes 125 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.
Benton's product score distribution
Brand average 99.3/100 across 125 scored products
99 6th percentile sits above 6% of the 125 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
- 70–80
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 90–100
- 13 scored products (10%)
- 100 and above
- 111 scored products (89%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Benton's relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 125 Benton's products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 13. 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 | Benton's products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 13 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Yellow 5 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
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 Benton's 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 (17 ingredients and 100/100) 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
- 17 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Original Fudge Striped Shortbread Cookies, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (1). 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
- Original Fudge Striped Shortbread Cookies: 25 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Key Lime Crème Sandwich Cookies: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Soft Baked Key Lime, & White Chocolate Chip Cookies: 40 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Crème Filled Wafer Rolls: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Continental cookie assortment: 41 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Peanut Butter Creme Filled Cookies: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Fig Bars Chewy Fruit-Filled Cookies: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Water rolls: 13 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate hazelnut creme filled wafer rolls: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Creme filled wafer rolls: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chewy chocolate chip cookies: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate chip cookies: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Iced oatmeal cookies: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Mint Striped Fudge Cookies: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Benton's chocolate chip dunkers: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kids 12 Sugar Cones: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pecan Shortbread Cookies: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cookies: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cookies: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Honey Oat Cookies: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cookies, Cranberry Oat: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Apple Cinnamon Cookies: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Benton's, teddy bear grahams snack packs, strawberry banana: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Benton's kids, teddy bear grahams snack packs, honey: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chocolate Brownie Cookies, Thin & Crispy: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Thin & Crispy Cookies, Chocolate Chip: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chocolate Peanut Cookies: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Benton's, fudge cookies, mint: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Everyday, Oatmeal Cookies: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Iced Oatmeal Cookies: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chocolate Chip Cookies: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Benton's, oats & yogurt sandwich biscuits: 39 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sandwich Biscuits, Strawberry: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- White Chocolate Pistachio Cookies: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Caramel Cashew Cookies: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Maple Pecan Harvest Cookies: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Harvest Cookies, Apple Cinnamon: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- White Fudge Covered Animal Crackers: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Speculoos Cookies: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sandwich Creme Cookies: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mini Chocolate Chips Cookies: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fudge Covered Graham Crackers: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Coconut Macaroons: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Coconut Macaroons: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Brookies, Salted Caramel: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Brookies Peanut Butter: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Benton's, chocolate covered, peppermint cremes: 40 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Shortbread Cookies: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Shortbread Cookies, Hot Cocoa: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Snowman Chocolate Chip Grahams Snack Packs: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Benton's
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 187 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 Benton's: closest on tracked product count (237 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (99.3/100 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 Benton's food safe? ▼
Benton's has an average safety score of 99/100 across the 125 of 237 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 11.2% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Benton's products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 237 Benton's products. 125 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 112 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Benton's catalog? ▼
Benton's has 116 NOVA-classified products; 92.2% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 107 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Benton's catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Benton's concentrates in Snacks (57, 88% of this top-five); Desserts (4); Granola-bites (2); Dairies (1); Graham-crackers (1).
Does Benton's use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Benton's 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 Benton's 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 Original Fudge Striped Shortbread Cookies, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (1) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 13 scored Benton's products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Benton's's 99.3/100 average and 11.2% 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.
