Blue Ribbon Classics

Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Blue Ribbon Classics, 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

Blue Ribbon Classics averages 81.0/100 across the 5 of 7 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 100.0% 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.

81.0/100
average ingredient-screening score across 5 scored products
7
tracked products in this brand roll-up
100.0%
scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
Desserts
leading Open Food Facts shelf (4 products in the top five)

Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.

Portfolio reading

Read the compact shelf sample

This compact set is concrete enough to inspect item by item: Strawberry Shortcake; Chocolate & Vanilla; Dipped English Toffee. Its 81.0/100 average and 100.0% flagged-product share summarize just 7 records, so a single reformulation can move both figures sharply. Use the product links as a checklist; the brand aggregate is orientation, not a recall, allergy clearance, or promise about products missing from Open Food Facts.

Catalog evidence

Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score

Only 5 of 7 tracked Blue Ribbon Classics records (71.4%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 2 cannot be screened, so the 81.0/100 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 Blue Ribbon Classics

Blue Ribbon Classics: 7 products tracked, 5 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 81.0/100, 100.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.

Because ingredient lists cover only 71.4% 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 →

Blue Ribbon Classics relies most on Carrageenan, an industry staple

Across the 5 Blue Ribbon Classics products scored here, Carrageenan appears in 5. It is used by 2,390 other brands in this database (6.8% 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.

1. Carrageenan: 5 products · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Carrageenan5 products2. Caramel Coloring: 2 products · 40% of the leader · rank #22. Caramel Coloring2 products3. Polysorbate 80: 2 products · 40% of the leader · rank #33. Polysorbate 802 products4. Red 40: 1 products · 20% of the leader · rank #44. Red 401 products
Blue Ribbon Classics products listing each flagged ingredient (same counts as the table below).
Chart values as text

Unit: . Data current as of .

Carrageenan
5 products
Caramel Coloring
2 products
Polysorbate 80
2 products
Red 40
1 products
Flagged ingredientBlue Ribbon Classics productsWhy it is flagged
Carrageenan5Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited
Caramel Coloring2Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI)
Polysorbate 802Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited
Red 401FDA 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 5 concern-sorted Blue Ribbon Classics 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 (32 ingredients and 90/100) 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
5
Median label
32
ingredients
Median score
90/100

The outlined point is Strawberry Shortcake, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (5). 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

Products by Blue Ribbon Classics

Showing 7 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first).

Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles

Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Blue Ribbon Classics: closest on tracked product count (7 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (81/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.

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 Blue Ribbon Classics food safe?

Blue Ribbon Classics has an average safety score of 81/100 across the 5 of 7 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 100.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.

How many Blue Ribbon Classics products are tracked?

Our database tracks 7 Blue Ribbon Classics products. 5 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 2 cannot be scored from this snapshot.

Does Blue Ribbon Classics use artificial dyes?

Open the individual product pages below to see which Blue Ribbon Classics 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 Blue Ribbon Classics 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 Strawberry Shortcake, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (5) in this sample. Open the outlier product
  • Carrageenan appears in 5 scored Blue Ribbon Classics products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
  • Compare Blue Ribbon Classics's 81.0/100 average and 100.0% 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.

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