Bush's Best
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Bush's Best, 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
Bush's Best averages 99.0/100 across the 205 of 234 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 19.0% 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.
- 99.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 205 scored products
- 234
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 19.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 77.3%
- 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 234 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Baked Beans; Beans & Grains Bowls, Southern Style; Onion baked beans; 19.0% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 99.0/100. 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.
| Signal | Bush's Best | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 99.0/100 | Above-average |
| Products tracked | 234 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 19.0% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Bush's Best
Bush's Best: 234 products tracked, 205 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 99.0/100, 19.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Bush's Best's labelled portfolio averages at least 95/100 in this snapshot. Open the individual rows before extending that aggregate to a specific package or formulation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Bush's Best sits 6.2 points above that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Bush's Best's 19.0% flagged share is 1 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Bush's Best processing intensity
Bush's Best's NOVA-classified set is 194 products: 77.3% ultra-processed (Group 4, 150 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 150. That ultra-processed share sits 1 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Bush's Best shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Bush's Best concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (58, 78% of this top-five); Condiments (8); Snacks (5); Meals (2); Black-beans-in-sauce (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 56 | 98.3/100 | 28.6% |
| Condiments | 8 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Snacks | 5 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Meals | 2 | 97.5/100 | 50% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Bush's Best's 19.0% flagged share is measured across 205 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.
Bush's Best flagged share vs large-brand cohort
19.0% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
19% 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 (99.0/100) summarizes 205 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.
Bush's Best product score distribution
Brand average 99.0/100 across 205 scored products
99 10th percentile sits above 10% of the 205 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
- 80–90
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 90–100
- 38 scored products (19%)
- 100 and above
- 166 scored products (81%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Bush's Best relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 205 Bush's Best products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 39. 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 | Bush's Best products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 39 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Sucralose | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
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 Bush's Best 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 (16 ingredients and 95/100) 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
- 16 ingredients
- Median score
- 95/100
The outlined point is Baked Beans, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (2). 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
- Baked Beans: 17 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Beans & Grains Bowls, Southern Style: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Onion baked beans: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Onion Baked Beans: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original Baked Beans: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans, Original: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Original Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans, Original: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bean Pot, Baked Beans: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Beans - Baked Original: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bean pot vegetarian seasoned with rice brown sugar baked beans: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bean Pot, Vegetarian Baked Beans: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Smokehouse Tradition Grillin' Beans: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Grillin' Beans, Southern Pit Barbecue: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Grillin' Beans Steakhouse Recipe: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Mesquite, Black Beans Simmered With Onions And Red Peppers In A Sweet And Smoky Sauce: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Maple Cured Bacon, Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Maple & Cured Bacon Baked Beans: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Country Style Baked Beans: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Country Style Baked Beans: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Country Style Baked Beans: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Brown Sugar Hickory Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Brown Sugar Hickory Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey baked beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans Original: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Brown Sugar Hickory Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Haricots blancs au miel: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bush'S Original Baked Beans 3-28 Oz Cans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans, Original: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bush'S Original Baked Beans 6 Pack-28 Oz: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Country style baked beans: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Baked Beans, Original: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Bush's Best Grillin' Beans Steakhouses Recipe: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Cut Green & Shelly Beans: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cut Green & Shelly Beans: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cut Green Beans: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cut Green Beans: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Bush'S Best Classic Hummus Made Easy 48 Oz Pouch: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blackeye Peas With Bacon: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blackeye Peas With Bacon And Jalapeno: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blackeye Peas: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blackened Peas with Snaps: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crowder Peas: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crowder Peas: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Bush's Best
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 184 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 Bush's Best: closest on tracked product count (234 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (99/100 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 Bush's Best food safe? ▼
Bush's Best has an average safety score of 99/100 across the 205 of 234 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 19.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Bush's Best products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 234 Bush's Best products. 205 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 29 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Bush's Best catalog? ▼
Bush's Best has 194 NOVA-classified products; 77.3% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 150 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Bush's Best catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Bush's Best concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (58, 78% of this top-five); Condiments (8); Snacks (5); Meals (2); Black-beans-in-sauce (1).
Does Bush's Best use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Bush's Best 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 Bush's Best 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 Baked Beans, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 39 scored Bush's Best products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Bush's Best's 99.0/100 average and 19.0% 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.
