Foster Farms
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Foster 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
Foster Farms averages 94.3/100 across the 90 of 362 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 37.8% 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.
- 94.3/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 90 scored products
- 362
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 37.8%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 89.2%
- 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 362 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Hot & Spicy Turkey Italian Sausage; Chicken breast with rib meat; Rotisserie Seasoned Chicken Breast; 37.8% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 94.3/100. 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 90 of 362 tracked Foster Farms records (24.9%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 272 cannot be screened, so the 94.3/100 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 Foster Farms
Foster Farms: 362 products tracked, 90 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 94.3/100, 37.8% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 24.9% 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), Foster Farms's 37.8% flagged share is 19.8 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Foster Farms processing intensity
Foster Farms's NOVA-classified set is 83 products: 89.2% ultra-processed (Group 4, 74 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 74. That ultra-processed share sits 10.9 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Foster Farms shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Foster Farms concentrates in Meats and their products (45, 58% of this top-five); Frozen foods (22); Meals (6); Corn-dog (3); Corn-dogs (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meats and their products | 40 | 94.8/100 | 32.5% |
| Frozen foods | 22 | 96.6/100 | 22.7% |
| Meals | 6 | 92.5/100 | 83.3% |
| Corn-dog | 2 | 85/100 | 100% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Foster Farms's 37.8% flagged share is measured across 90 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.
Foster Farms flagged share vs large-brand cohort
37.8% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
38% 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 (94.3/100) summarizes 90 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.
Foster Farms product score distribution
Brand average 94.3/100 across 90 scored products
94 35th percentile sits above 35% of the 90 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
- 70–80
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 80–90
- 28 scored products (31%)
- 90–100
- 5 scored products (6%)
- 100 and above
- 56 scored products (62%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Foster Farms uses most
Across the 90 Foster Farms products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 24. 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 | Foster Farms products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 24 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Carrageenan | 7 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 2 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| BHA | 1 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| BHT | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Sucralose | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| 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 Foster 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 (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 Hot & Spicy Turkey Italian Sausage, 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
- Hot & Spicy Turkey Italian Sausage: 10 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Chicken breast with rib meat: 17 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Rotisserie Seasoned Chicken Breast: 17 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- HICKORY SMOKED WHITE TURKEY: 13 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Turkey: 13 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Mesquite Smoked White Turkey: 13 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- White Turkey Sandwiches: 11 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Bourbon glazed chicken breast fritters with rib meat, bourbon chicken: 24 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Chicken Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Jumbo turkey franks, turkey: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Franks: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium Thin Sliced Oven Roasted White Turkey: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Oven Roasted White Turkey: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Gluten Free Corn Dogs Honey Crunchy: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Corn Dog: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Corn Dogs: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Jumbo Corn Dogs: 36 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey crunchy mini corn dogs: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Corn dogs: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Mini corn dogs: 37 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Mini Corn Dogs Honey Crunchy: 43 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Mini Corn Dogs: 41 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Mini Corn Dogs: 41 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Corm Dogs: 47 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Turkey sausage & pancake on a stick: 28 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Turkey Sausage & Pancake On A Stick: 28 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Take out crispy tenders: 55 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Foster farms, turkey pastrani: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- GRILLED STRIPS BONELESS & SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT CLASSIC: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Grilled Strips: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Grilled Strips Classic: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Island teriyaki turkey tenderloins, island teriyaki: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Breaded Chicken Breast Strips: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Shredded Chicken: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Bold bites chicken with cajun style seasoning: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Simply raised ground turkey: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Ground turkey: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- 90% Lean, 10% Fat Ground Turkey: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Oven Roasted Turkey Breast: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Oven Roasted Turkey Breast: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Oven Roasted Diced Turkey Breast, Oven Roasted: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Oven Roasted Turkey Breast: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Quality Cuts Turkey Breast: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Turkey Breast: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Uncooked Boneless & Skinless Chicken Breast Fillets: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Party wings: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chicken breast tenders: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Breaded whole grain dinosaur shaped nuggets chicken breast patties with rib meat: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Foster Farms
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 312 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 Foster Farms: closest on tracked product count (362 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (94.3/100 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 Foster Farms food safe? ▼
Foster Farms has an average safety score of 94/100 across the 90 of 362 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 37.8% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Foster Farms products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 362 Foster Farms products. 90 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 272 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Foster Farms catalog? ▼
Foster Farms has 83 NOVA-classified products; 89.2% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 74 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Foster Farms catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Foster Farms concentrates in Meats and their products (45, 58% of this top-five); Frozen foods (22); Meals (6); Corn-dog (3); Corn-dogs (1).
Does Foster Farms use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Foster 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 Foster 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 Hot & Spicy Turkey Italian Sausage, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 24 scored Foster Farms products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Foster Farms's 94.3/100 average and 37.8% 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.
