Crystal Farms
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Crystal Farms, 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
Crystal Farms averages 99.4/100 across the 162 of 232 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 4.3% 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.
- 99.4/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 162 scored products
- 232
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 4.3%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 52.8%
- 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 232 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE SPREAD WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVOR; Bacon cheddar; Crystal farms, bacon cheddar; 4.3% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 99.4/100. 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 162 of 232 tracked Crystal Farms records (69.8%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 70 cannot be screened, so the 99.4/100 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 Crystal Farms
Crystal Farms: 232 products tracked, 162 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 99.4/100, 4.3% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 69.8% 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), Crystal Farms's 4.3% flagged share is 13.7 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Crystal Farms processing intensity
Crystal Farms's NOVA-classified set is 159 products: 52.8% ultra-processed (Group 4, 84 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 84. That ultra-processed share sits 25.5 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Crystal Farms shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Crystal Farms concentrates in Dairies (151, 96% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (4); Baby-swiss-cheeses (1); Crystal-farms (1); Farming products (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairies | 149 | 99.3/100 | 4.7% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 3 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Crystal Farms's 4.3% flagged share is measured across 162 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.
Crystal Farms flagged share vs large-brand cohort
4.3% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
4% 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 (99.4/100) summarizes 162 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.
Crystal Farms product score distribution
Brand average 99.4/100 across 162 scored products
99 3rd percentile sits above 3% of the 162 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%)
- 80–90
- 2 scored products (1%)
- 90–100
- 4 scored products (2%)
- 100 and above
- 155 scored products (96%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Crystal Farms relies most on Carrageenan, an industry staple
Across the 162 Crystal Farms products scored here, Carrageenan appears in 3. 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.
| Flagged ingredient | Crystal Farms products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 3 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sodium Nitrite | 2 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Blue 1 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 1 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Red 40 | 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 Crystal Farms 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 (7 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
- 7 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE SPREAD WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVOR, 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
- STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE SPREAD WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVOR: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Bacon cheddar: 18 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Crystal farms, bacon cheddar: 18 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- AMERICAN NON-FAT PASTEURIZED PREPARED CHEESE PRODUCT: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese: 8 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole milk ricotta cheese: 8 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Real Cheese Nibblers Chipotle Pepper Seasoned Cheddar Cheese: 26 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Butter salted sweet cream, butter: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Unsalted sweet cream butter, unsalted sweet cream: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spreadable butter: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Swiss Style Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sharp Cheddar Singles: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cheddar Jack Cheese: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Marble Jack Cheese: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mexican Style 3 Cheese Blend: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cheddar Cheese: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, american pasteurized process cheese product: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- American Pasteurized Process Cheese Product: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mozzarella Cheese: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, spiral string cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal Farms Cheese Slices, American 24 Ea - 453 grammes: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, white american pasteurized cheese product: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, american pasteurized process cheese product: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, deluxe slices american cheese: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, deluxe slices pasteurized american cheese: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, marble cheddar cheese, cheddar, cheddar: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- STRING CHEESE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, finely shredded cheese, mozzarella: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- CF Med pepper jack block 8oz: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Monterey Jack Cheese: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mozzarella: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- All Natural Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Colby Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Parmesan wisconsin cheese, parmesan: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Colby Longhorn Style Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Colby Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Monterey jack cheese, monterey jack: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wisconsin Sharp Cheddar Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Semi soft farmer cheese: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal farms, all natural pepper jack cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Marble Jack Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chunk greek style feta all natural cheese, chunk greek style: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crystal Farms Original Cream Cheese 8Oz: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Light Cream Cheese: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- PARMESAN CHEESE: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Parmesan Cheese: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Original cream cheese: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wisconsin marble jack sticks: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Crystal Farms
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 182 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 Crystal Farms: closest on tracked product count (232 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (99.4/100 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 Crystal Farms food safe? ▼
Crystal Farms has an average safety score of 99/100 across the 162 of 232 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 4.3% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Crystal Farms products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 232 Crystal Farms products. 162 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 70 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Crystal Farms catalog? ▼
Crystal Farms has 159 NOVA-classified products; 52.8% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 84 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Crystal Farms catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Crystal Farms concentrates in Dairies (151, 96% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (4); Baby-swiss-cheeses (1); Crystal-farms (1); Farming products (1).
Does Crystal Farms use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Crystal Farms 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 Crystal Farms 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 CREAM CHEESE SPREAD WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVOR, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Carrageenan appears in 3 scored Crystal Farms products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Crystal Farms's 99.4/100 average and 4.3% 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.
