Dietz & Watson
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Dietz & Watson, 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
Dietz & Watson averages 94.7/100 across the 122 of 398 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 32.8% 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.
- 94.7/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 122 scored products
- 398
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 32.8%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 65.8%
- 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 398 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Sliced Pepperoni; Snacks; Water Added Virginia Brand Ham; 32.8% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 94.7/100. 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 122 of 398 tracked Dietz & Watson records (30.7%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 276 cannot be screened, so the 94.7/100 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 Dietz & Watson
Dietz & Watson: 398 products tracked, 122 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 94.7/100, 32.8% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 30.7% 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), Dietz & Watson's 32.8% flagged share is 14.8 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Dietz & Watson processing intensity
Dietz & Watson's NOVA-classified set is 117 products: 65.8% ultra-processed (Group 4, 77 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 77. That ultra-processed share sits 12.5 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Dietz & Watson shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Dietz & Watson concentrates in Meats and their products (27, 59% of this top-five); Dairies (8); Condiments (5); Sandwiches (4); Deli-meat (2).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meats and their products | 19 | 95.5/100 | 36.8% |
| Dairies | 5 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Condiments | 4 | 87.5/100 | 50% |
| Sandwiches | 3 | 93.3/100 | 33.3% |
| Deli-meat | 2 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Dietz & Watson's 32.8% flagged share is measured across 122 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.
Dietz & Watson flagged share vs large-brand cohort
32.8% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
33% 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%
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- 50%–60%
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- 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 (94.7/100) summarizes 122 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.
Dietz & Watson product score distribution
Brand average 94.7/100 across 122 scored products
95 31st percentile sits above 31% of the 122 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%)
- 70–80
- 5 scored products (4%)
- 80–90
- 29 scored products (24%)
- 90–100
- 5 scored products (4%)
- 100 and above
- 82 scored products (67%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Dietz & Watson uses most
Across the 122 Dietz & Watson products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 29. Only 1,491 other brands here use it (4.2%), which makes it a more particular choice than the flags that dominate the catalogue. 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 | Dietz & Watson products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 29 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Caramel Coloring | 4 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 4 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| BHA | 2 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| Red 40 | 2 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sodium Nitrate | 2 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Yellow 5 | 2 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| BHT | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
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 Dietz & Watson 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 (12 ingredients and 85/100) 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
- 12 ingredients
- Median score
- 85/100
The outlined point is Sliced Pepperoni, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (3). 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
- Sliced Pepperoni: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Snacks: 16 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Water Added Virginia Brand Ham: 19 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Smoked Turkey Pastrami: 14 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Ham & Swiss Sandwich: 41 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Cranberry Horseradish Sauce: 15 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Mustard: 11 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Mild Giardiniera: 9 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Hot Giardiniera: 9 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Baby Geno Salame: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Deli Beef Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Deli Franks: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Black Angus Beef Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Deli Beef Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Hot Sausage: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Smoked Beef Sausage: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Smoked Milk Sausage: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Deli Beef Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Classic Ring Bologna: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Polska Kielbasa: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Ham: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Black Forest Turkey Breast: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Black Forest Smoked Turkey Breast: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sliced hard salami: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sliced genoa salami: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Genoa Salami: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Genoa Salame: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Dietz & watson, thick sliced bacon, applewood: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Bacon: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Turkey bacon: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Smoked Maple Ham: 16 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Ham: 14 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Summer Sausage: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sopressata: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium Meats & Artisan Cheeses: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Herbed Turkey Breast: 10 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium Homestyle Roast Beef: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Oven Roasted Chicken Breast: 7 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Roasted Turkey Breast, Roasted: 5 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Organic Turkey Breast: 5 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef Franks: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic uncured beef franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- All Natural Uncured Beef Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- All Natural Uncured Beef Franks: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Apple Chicken Sausage: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Asiago & Spinach Chicken Sausage: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Smoked Sausage With Cheddar Cheese: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Honey maple swiss style sausage bites: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Uncured Tavern Ham: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Smoked ham black forest: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Dietz & Watson
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 348 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 Dietz & Watson: closest on tracked product count (398 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (94.7/100 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 Dietz & Watson food safe? ▼
Dietz & Watson has an average safety score of 95/100 across the 122 of 398 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 32.8% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Dietz & Watson products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 398 Dietz & Watson products. 122 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 276 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Dietz & Watson catalog? ▼
Dietz & Watson has 117 NOVA-classified products; 65.8% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 77 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Dietz & Watson catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Dietz & Watson concentrates in Meats and their products (27, 59% of this top-five); Dairies (8); Condiments (5); Sandwiches (4); Deli-meat (2).
Does Dietz & Watson use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Dietz & Watson 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 Dietz & Watson 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 Sliced Pepperoni, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (3) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 29 scored Dietz & Watson products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Dietz & Watson's 94.7/100 average and 32.8% 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.
