Fannie May
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Fannie May, 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
Fannie May averages 94.2/100 across the 67 of 103 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 22.4% 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.
- 94.2/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 67 scored products
- 103
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 22.4%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 95.5%
- 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 103 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Fannie may, assorted chocolates; Trinidads; Fannie may, milk and dark assorted chocolates; 22.4% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 94.2/100. 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 67 of 103 tracked Fannie May records (65%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 36 cannot be screened, so the 94.2/100 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 Fannie May
Fannie May: 103 products tracked, 67 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 94.2/100, 22.4% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 65% 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), Fannie May's 22.4% flagged share is 4.4 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Fannie May processing intensity
Fannie May's NOVA-classified set is 67 products: 95.5% ultra-processed (Group 4, 64 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 64. That ultra-processed share sits 17.2 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Fannie May's 22.4% flagged share is measured across 67 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.
Fannie May flagged share vs large-brand cohort
22.4% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
22% 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 (94.2/100) summarizes 67 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.
Fannie May product score distribution
Brand average 94.2/100 across 67 scored products
94 19th percentile sits above 19% of the 67 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
- 5 scored products (7%)
- 70–80
- 4 scored products (6%)
- 80–90
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 90–100
- 5 scored products (7%)
- 100 and above
- 52 scored products (78%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Fannie May relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 67 Fannie May products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 10. 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 | Fannie May products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 10 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| TBHQ | 6 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Carrageenan | 5 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 5 | 4 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 3 | 1 | FDA ban effective 2027-01-15 · Restricted: California (AB 418; effective 2027-01-01); Federal (FDA; effective 2027-01-15) |
| Red 40 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Titanium Dioxide | 1 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
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 Fannie May 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 (22 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
- 22 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Fannie may, assorted chocolates, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (4). 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
- Fannie may, assorted chocolates: 106 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- Trinidads: 36 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Fannie may, milk and dark assorted chocolates: 114 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Milk and dark colonial assortment: 98 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Fine chocolates: 44 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Mint Meltaways: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Mint melt ways: 20 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Fannie May chocolate mint: 27 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Buttercreams Confections: 27 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Springtime Mint Meltaways: 32 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Dark chocolate: 26 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Fannie may, sea salt caramels, milk chocolate: 34 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Carmarsh: 37 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Fannie may, caramel presents milk chocolate: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Fannie may, dark chocolate caramel presents: 22 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Creamy Peanut Butter Center In Our Signature Milk Chocolate Buckeyes: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crunchy pecans in smooth caramel, drenched in rich milk chocolate: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Dark chocolate mint and cookie bits: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pixies: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mint meltaways: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Smooth Caramel And Crunchy Pecans, Drenched In Milk Chocolate Pixies, Caramel, Crunchy Pecans: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk chocolate pixies: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk chocolate: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mint Meltaways: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Assorted Creams Chocolate: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Dark Chocolate: 27 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Creamy Peanut Butter Buckeyes, Creamy Peanut Butter: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk chocolate pixies: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, dark chocolate bar, toasted coconut: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Dark chocolate bar: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk chocolate bar: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, toffee bar, milk chocolate: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, milk chocolate covered miniature pretzels: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, dark chocolate covered miniature pretzels: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, peanut butter pretzels milk chocolate: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk Chocolate Hot Fudge Truffles: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mint Meltaways: 27 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, dark chocolate almonds: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, milk chocolate, blueberries: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, cherries, milk chocolate: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie May: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Peanut butter Buckeys: 29 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Milk Chocolate With A Peanut Butter Center: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk Chocolate Hot Fudge Truffles: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk Chocolate Pixies: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fannie may, milk chocolate: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk Chocolate, Mint Meltaways: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mint Meltaways: 27 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Bite-sized peppermint dark squares: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk chocolate: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Fannie May
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 53 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 Fannie May: closest on tracked product count (103 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (94.2/100 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 Fannie May food safe? ▼
Fannie May has an average safety score of 94/100 across the 67 of 103 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 22.4% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Fannie May products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 103 Fannie May products. 67 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 36 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Fannie May catalog? ▼
Fannie May has 67 NOVA-classified products; 95.5% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 64 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Does Fannie May use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Fannie May 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 Fannie May 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 Fannie may, assorted chocolates, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 10 scored Fannie May products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Fannie May's 94.2/100 average and 22.4% 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.
