Great Value
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Great Value, 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
Great Value averages 90.9/100 across the 3,132 of 5,125 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 29.0% 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.
- 90.9/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 3,132 scored products
- 5,125
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 29.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 67.1%
- 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 5,125 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Mountain Trail Mix; Mountain Trail Mix; Iced tea with lemon drink mix; 29.0% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 90.9/100. 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 3,132 of 5,125 tracked Great Value records (61.1%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 1,993 cannot be screened, so the 90.9/100 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 Great Value
Great Value: 5,125 products tracked, 3,132 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 90.9/100, 29.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 61.1% 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), Great Value's 29.0% flagged share is 11 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Great Value processing intensity
Great Value's NOVA-classified set is 2,947 products: 67.1% ultra-processed (Group 4, 1,978 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 1,978. That ultra-processed share sits 11.2 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Great Value shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Great Value concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (1,007, 48% of this top-five); Snacks (386); Dairies (330); Condiments (233); Beverages (143).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 910 | 96.6/100 | 12.9% |
| Snacks | 354 | 85.3/100 | 34.7% |
| Dairies | 311 | 96.8/100 | 19.3% |
| Condiments | 220 | 96.8/100 | 25.9% |
| Beverages | 132 | 61.6/100 | 69.7% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Great Value's 29.0% flagged share is measured across 3,132 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.
Great Value flagged share vs large-brand cohort
29.0% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
29% 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 (90.9/100) summarizes 3,132 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.
Great Value product score distribution
Brand average 90.9/100 across 3,132 scored products
91 24th percentile sits above 24% of the 3,132 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
- 0–10
- 80 scored products (3%)
- 10–20
- 9 scored products (0%)
- 20–30
- 54 scored products (2%)
- 30–40
- 20 scored products (1%)
- 40–50
- 26 scored products (1%)
- 50–60
- 71 scored products (2%)
- 60–70
- 32 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 130 scored products (4%)
- 80–90
- 192 scored products (6%)
- 90–100
- 293 scored products (9%)
- 100 and above
- 2,225 scored products (71%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Great Value relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 3,132 Great Value products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 234. 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 | Great Value products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 234 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Red 40 | 214 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 182 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 160 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 1 | 158 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 131 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 6 | 122 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sodium Nitrite | 110 | 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 Great Value 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 (19 ingredients and 0/100) 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
- 19 ingredients
- Median score
- 0/100
The outlined point is Mountain Trail Mix, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (10). 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
- Mountain Trail Mix: 34 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 10 flagged.
- Mountain Trail Mix: 34 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 10 flagged.
- Iced tea with lemon drink mix: 17 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Caramel Cashew Trail Mix: 42 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Traditional Trail Mix: 40 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Decaffeinated iced tea with peach, drink mix: 15 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Great value, iced tea drink mix, lemon: 16 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Great value, drink mix, iced tea with peach: 16 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Mountain Trail Mix: 31 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Great value, drink mix, mango: 17 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Great value, candy chocolate chip cookies: 40 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Mountain Trail Mix: 35 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Food colors: 16 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Tortilla Chips: 51 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Trail Mix: 52 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Jaw Breakers Hard Candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Birthday Cake Trail Mix: 62 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Birthday Cake Ice Cream With Confetti Candy Pieces: 36 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Rainbow Sprinkles: 16 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Mix Sprinkles: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Gel Food Colors: 14 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Unicorn Sparkle Ice Cream: 51 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Sprinkle Mix: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Sprinkle Mix: 21 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Christmas sprinkle mix: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Orange early rise drink mix: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Peppermint Starlight Mints Hard Candy: 9 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Fruit Slices: 15 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Spice Drops Candy: 11 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Jelly Beans: 14 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Great value, nacho cheese tortilla chips: 32 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Great value, sweet tea drink mix, natural: 16 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Great value, drink mix, strawberry lemon with chamomile: 17 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Pomegranate Lemonade Drink Mix with Caffeine: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Great value, drink mix, strawberry, orange, banana: 14 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Energy Drink Mix, Strawberry: 20 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Magic Treasures Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal: 45 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Wafer Cookies: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Writing icing classic colors: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Sprinkles (rainbow): 10 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Southern Sweet Tea drink enhancer: 14 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Orange Blast Drink Mix: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Sparkling Sugars: 8 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Colored Sugars: 8 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Gel Food Colors: 13 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Crunchy Tortilla Chips Nacho Cheese: 36 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Tropical Mango Punch: 17 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Chocolate Instant Pudding & Pie Filling: 19 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Strawberry Mango drink mix: 14 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Nonfat yogurt: 19 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
Products by Great Value
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 5,075 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 Great Value: closest on tracked product count (5,125 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (90.9/100 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 Great Value food safe? ▼
Great Value has an average safety score of 91/100 across the 3,132 of 5125 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 29.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Great Value products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 5,125 Great Value products. 3,132 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 1,993 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Great Value catalog? ▼
Great Value has 2,947 NOVA-classified products; 67.1% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 1,978 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Great Value catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Great Value concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (1,007, 48% of this top-five); Snacks (386); Dairies (330); Condiments (233); Beverages (143).
Does Great Value use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Great Value 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 Great Value 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 Mountain Trail Mix, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (10) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 234 scored Great Value products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Great Value's 90.9/100 average and 29.0% 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.
