Budget Saver
2 indexed Budget Saver items, current as of August 2026, with per-product safety screening on the 2 that carry an ingredient list, combining FDA SAFFA status, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, and state-level ingredient bans.
The short answer
Budget Saver averages 5.0/100 across the 2 of 2 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.
- 5.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 2 scored products
- 2
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 100.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- Desserts
- leading Open Food Facts shelf (2 products in the top five)
Source snapshot current as of August 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Coverage is the first question
Only 2 products passed the catalog's display-quality filter even though 2 records carry this brand label. That mismatch is the main finding: the roll-up is too dependent on sparse or noisy upstream names for a confident brand-wide conclusion. The readable evidence is Twin Pop Assorted and Monster sugar free slushed pops. Verify a current package rather than extending this average beyond those records.
Small captured catalog
Read the visible labels, not just the average
This is a small, fully labelled catalog with 2 tracked Budget Saver records. The list below shows 2 records that pass the catalog's display-quality filter. The visible sample includes Twin Pop Assorted; Monster sugar free slushed pops. Because one reformulation can move a small-set average sharply, the individual labels are the primary evidence.
- Label coverage
- 100%
- Captured mean
- 5.0/100
- Observed range
- 0–10
Next check: open a visible product whose current package you have and compare its ingredient panel with this snapshot.
What the Data Says About Budget Saver
Budget Saver: 2 products tracked, 2 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 5.0/100, 100.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
100.0% of the scored Budget Saver products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. That distribution is the primary finding; the average does not make those affected formulations "mostly safe." Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Budget Saver sits 87.8 points below that fleet-wide average.
Budget Saver relies most on Red 40, an industry staple
Across the 2 Budget Saver products scored here, Red 40 appears in 2. It is used by 2,535 other brands in this database (6.9% 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 | Budget Saver products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 2 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 2 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 2 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Aspartame | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 1 | 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.
Products by Budget Saver
Showing 2 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Budget Saver food safe? ▼
Budget Saver has an average safety score of 5/100 across the 2 of 2 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 100.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Budget Saver products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 2 Budget Saver products. 2 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 0 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
Does Budget Saver use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Budget Saver 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.
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 August 2026.
