Clear Value
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Clear Value, 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
Clear Value averages 95.6/100 across the 85 of 85 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 24.7% 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.
- 95.6/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 85 scored products
- 85
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 24.7%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 69.4%
- 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 85 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Complete Drink Mix; Clear value, dubble bubble, bubble gum; Brown Gravy Mix; 24.7% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 95.6/100. 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 | Clear Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 95.6/100 | Above-average |
| Products tracked | 85 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 24.7% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Clear Value
Clear Value: 85 products tracked, 85 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 95.6/100, 24.7% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
24.7% of the scored Clear Value 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 Clear Value sits 2.8 points above that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Clear Value's 24.7% flagged share is 6.7 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Clear Value processing intensity
Clear Value's NOVA-classified set is 85 products: 69.4% ultra-processed (Group 4, 59 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 59. That ultra-processed share sits 8.9 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Clear Value shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Clear Value concentrates in Snacks (7, 44% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (4); Condiments (2); Dairies (2); Meals (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 7 | 91.4/100 | 42.9% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 4 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Condiments | 2 | 97.5/100 | 50% |
| Dairies | 2 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Clear Value's 24.7% flagged share is measured across 85 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.
Clear Value flagged share vs large-brand cohort
24.7% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
25% 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 (95.6/100) summarizes 85 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.
Clear Value product score distribution
Brand average 95.6/100 across 85 scored products
96 20th percentile sits above 20% of the 85 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
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 60–70
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 7 scored products (8%)
- 80–90
- 4 scored products (5%)
- 90–100
- 8 scored products (9%)
- 100 and above
- 64 scored products (75%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Clear Value relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 85 Clear Value products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 7. 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 | Clear Value products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| BHT | 4 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Red 40 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 2 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 5 | 2 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| BHA | 1 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| Blue 1 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Potassium Bromate | 1 | Restricted: California (banned 2027) |
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 Clear Value 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 (10 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
- 10 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Complete Drink Mix, 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
- Complete Drink Mix: 14 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Clear value, dubble bubble, bubble gum: 11 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Brown Gravy Mix: 21 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Refried Beans: 8 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Drink Mix: 12 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Complete Drink Mix: 10 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Cherry Sours: 12 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Jelly Beans: 15 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Candy Corn: 15 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Butterscotch Discs, Artificially Flavored: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Butterscotch Discs: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Clear value, gummi worms, sour neon: 18 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Pre-Creamed Shortening: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Taco Seasoning: 11 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Ravioli In Tomato Sauce: 33 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Clear value, cookies, white striped chocolate shortbread: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Light Ice Cream: 13 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Salt Water Taffy: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Evaporated Filled Milk: 6 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Butter Flavored Syrup, Butter: 11 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pizza: 70 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Clear value, syrup, chocolate: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Red Kidney Beans: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mashed Potato Flakes: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spaghetti Rings: 33 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Vitamin D Milk: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- 1% lowfat milk: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fat Free Skim Milk: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Creamy Ranch Dressing: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pure Baking Soda: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Orange Juice: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chunk Light Tuna In Water: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili Seasoning: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mayonnaise: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- 2% reduced fat milk: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Imitation Bacon Bits: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Clear value, non-stick cooking spray: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cut Green Beans: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Whole Kernel Corn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Green Peas: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mixed Vegetables: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Whipped Dressing: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Breaded Tilapia Fillets: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Breaded Clam Strips: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Breaded Fish Sticks: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Raw Shrimp: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cooked Shrimp: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spaghetti Sauce: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Creme Wafers: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Clear Value
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 35 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 Clear Value: closest on tracked product count (85 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (95.6/100 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 Clear Value food safe? ▼
Clear Value has an average safety score of 96/100 across the 85 of 85 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 24.7% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Clear Value products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 85 Clear Value products. 85 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 0 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Clear Value catalog? ▼
Clear Value has 85 NOVA-classified products; 69.4% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 59 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Clear Value catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Clear Value concentrates in Snacks (7, 44% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (4); Condiments (2); Dairies (2); Meals (1).
Does Clear Value use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Clear Value 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 Clear Value 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 Complete Drink Mix, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 7 scored Clear Value products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Clear Value's 95.6/100 average and 24.7% 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.
