Goya
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Goya, 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
Goya averages 97.8/100 across the 882 of 1,206 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 11.1% 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.
- 97.8/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 882 scored products
- 1,206
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 11.1%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 39.3%
- 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 1,206 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Guava Paste; Diet Soda; Salchichon Salami; 11.1% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 97.8/100. 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 882 of 1,206 tracked Goya records (73.1%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 324 cannot be screened, so the 97.8/100 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 Goya
Goya: 1,206 products tracked, 882 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 97.8/100, 11.1% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 73.1% 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), Goya's 11.1% flagged share is 6.9 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Goya processing intensity
Goya's NOVA-classified set is 810 products: 39.3% ultra-processed (Group 4, 318 items) with Group 3 (processed foods) largest at 339. That ultra-processed share sits 39 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Goya shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Goya concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (161, 65% of this top-five); Condiments (28); Snacks (26); Meals (18); Seafood (14).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 130 | 98.5/100 | 7.7% |
| Condiments | 28 | 97.7/100 | 14.3% |
| Snacks | 20 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Meals | 18 | 93.6/100 | 22.2% |
| Seafood | 12 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Goya's 11.1% flagged share is measured across 882 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.
Goya flagged share vs large-brand cohort
11.1% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
11% 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 (97.8/100) summarizes 882 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.
Goya product score distribution
Brand average 97.8/100 across 882 scored products
98 10th percentile sits above 10% of the 882 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
- 20–30
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 40–50
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 50–60
- 12 scored products (1%)
- 60–70
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 70–80
- 16 scored products (2%)
- 80–90
- 39 scored products (4%)
- 90–100
- 28 scored products (3%)
- 100 and above
- 784 scored products (89%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Goya relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 882 Goya products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 26. 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 | Goya products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 26 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Sodium Nitrite | 22 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| BHA | 13 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| Red 40 | 11 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| BHT | 8 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Sucralose | 6 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Carrageenan | 5 | 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.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Goya 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 (11 ingredients and 75/100) 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
- 11 ingredients
- Median score
- 75/100
The outlined point is Guava Paste, 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
- Guava Paste: 7 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet Soda: 13 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Salchichon Salami: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Salchichon Salami: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Chorizo Croquettes, Tasty Homestyle Chorizo Filled Delights: 21 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Chorizo Croquettes: 21 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Goya, country style rice & cheese sauce, broccoli & cheddar: 33 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Guava Paste: 7 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Powdered Chicken & Tomato Flavored Bouillon: 20 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Sazon A Unique Seasoning: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- A UNIQUE SEASONING: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- A unique seasoning, coriander & annatto: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Grape Soda: 7 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Discos Para Empanadas Dough For Turnover Pastries: 24 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Soda: 9 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Refined Lard: 4 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Sangria Carbonated Beverage: 10 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Diet Cola Champagne: 9 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Diet Soda: 10 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Colombian empanadas: 38 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Riguas Salvadorian Corn Cakes, Riguas: 16 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Cooked Ham: 8 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Fruit Punch Soda: 7 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Strawberry Soda: 5 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Fruit Punch Soda: 11 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Pineapple Soda: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Pineapple: 9 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Yellow Rice Spanish Style: 28 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Foods yellow rice and corn mix: 29 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Yellow Rice Arroz Amarillo: 54 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Yellow Rice: 28 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Tropical Fruit Punch Nectar: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Colombian style red beans: 22 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cowboy beans: 28 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Diet nectar: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Diet nectar: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Diet Guanabana Nectar Drink: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Diet Guayaba Nectar: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Diet nectar: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Goya, diet nectar, guayaba: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Pozole, Pork And Hominy Soup: 27 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chorizos: 14 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chorizos: 14 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chorizos: 16 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chorizos Naturally Smoked Picantes, Smoked: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Vienna Sausage: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Vienna Sausage: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Hot Chicken Vienna Sausage In Chicken Broth: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Vienna Sausages In Chicken Broth: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Pork & Chicken Luncheon Meat: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Goya
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 1,156 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 Goya: closest on tracked product count (1,206 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (97.8/100 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 Goya food safe? ▼
Goya has an average safety score of 98/100 across the 882 of 1206 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 11.1% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Goya products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 1,206 Goya products. 882 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 324 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Goya catalog? ▼
Goya has 810 NOVA-classified products; 39.3% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 318 items) and Group 3 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Goya catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Goya concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (161, 65% of this top-five); Condiments (28); Snacks (26); Meals (18); Seafood (14).
Does Goya use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Goya 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 Goya 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 Guava Paste, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (3) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 26 scored Goya products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Goya's 97.8/100 average and 11.1% 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.
