El Jefe
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for El Jefe, 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
El Jefe averages 70.0/100 across the 1 of 5 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.
- 70.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 1 scored products
- 5
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 100.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- Beverages and beverages preparations
- leading Open Food Facts shelf (1 products in the top five)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Read the compact shelf sample
This compact set is concrete enough to inspect item by item: El .Jefe Energy; Trail Mix; Tortilla chips Salsa Verde. Its 70.0/100 average and 100.0% flagged-product share summarize just 5 records, so a single reformulation can move both figures sharply. Use the product links as a checklist; the brand aggregate is orientation, not a recall, allergy clearance, or promise about products missing from Open Food Facts.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 1 of 5 tracked El Jefe records (20%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 4 cannot be screened, so the 70.0/100 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 El Jefe
El Jefe: 5 products tracked, 1 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 70.0/100, 100.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 20% 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 →
Acesulfame Potassium is the flagged ingredient El Jefe uses most
Across the 1 El Jefe products scored here, Acesulfame Potassium appears in 1. Only 929 other brands here use it (2.6%), 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 | El Jefe products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Acesulfame Potassium | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| 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.
Products by El Jefe
Showing 5 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first).
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for El Jefe: closest on tracked product count (5 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (70/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
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 El Jefe food safe? ▼
El Jefe has an average safety score of 70/100 across the 1 of 5 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 100.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many El Jefe products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 5 El Jefe products. 1 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 4 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
Does El Jefe use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which El Jefe 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 El Jefe 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 El .Jefe Energy, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Acesulfame Potassium appears in 1 scored El Jefe products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare El Jefe's 70.0/100 average and 100.0% 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.
