Harris Teeter
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Harris Teeter, 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
Harris Teeter averages 94.3/100 across the 1,118 of 2,028 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 25.5% 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 1,118 scored products
- 2,028
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 25.5%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 65.8%
- 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 2,028 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Harris teeter, ice cream cake, chocolate & vanilla swirl; Peanut Lovers Trail Mix; Classic Trail Mix; 25.5% 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 1,118 of 2,028 tracked Harris Teeter records (55.1%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 910 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 Harris Teeter
Harris Teeter: 2,028 products tracked, 1,118 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 94.3/100, 25.5% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 55.1% 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), Harris Teeter's 25.5% flagged share is 7.5 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Harris Teeter processing intensity
Harris Teeter's NOVA-classified set is 1,068 products: 65.8% ultra-processed (Group 4, 703 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 703. That ultra-processed share sits 12.5 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Harris Teeter shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Harris Teeter concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (435, 51% of this top-five); Dairies (124); Snacks (118); Condiments (111); Beverages (70).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 395 | 97.9/100 | 10.1% |
| Condiments | 109 | 98.4/100 | 22% |
| Snacks | 109 | 95.6/100 | 15.6% |
| Dairies | 107 | 94.8/100 | 32.7% |
| Beverages | 60 | 85.4/100 | 56.7% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Harris Teeter's 25.5% flagged share is measured across 1,118 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.
Harris Teeter flagged share vs large-brand cohort
25.5% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
26% 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%
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- 50%–60%
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- 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 1,118 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.
Harris Teeter product score distribution
Brand average 94.3/100 across 1,118 scored products
94 21st percentile sits above 21% of the 1,118 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
- 9 scored products (1%)
- 10–20
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 20–30
- 7 scored products (1%)
- 30–40
- 3 scored products (0%)
- 40–50
- 3 scored products (0%)
- 50–60
- 9 scored products (1%)
- 60–70
- 12 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 58 scored products (5%)
- 80–90
- 81 scored products (7%)
- 90–100
- 102 scored products (9%)
- 100 and above
- 833 scored products (75%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Harris Teeter relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 1,118 Harris Teeter products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 89. 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 | Harris Teeter products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 89 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 89 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Polysorbate 80 | 55 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Red 40 | 42 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sucralose | 41 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Aspartame | 30 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 27 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 5 | 24 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
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 Harris Teeter 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 (26.5 ingredients and 55/100) 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
- 26.5 ingredients
- Median score
- 55/100
The outlined point is Harris teeter, ice cream cake, chocolate & vanilla swirl, 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
- Harris teeter, ice cream cake, chocolate & vanilla swirl: 73 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 10 flagged.
- Peanut Lovers Trail Mix: 31 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Classic Trail Mix: 46 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Neapolitan chocolate, vanilla, strawberry ice cream sandwiches: 33 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Rainbow Sprinkles Dessert Toppings: 15 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Diet Orange Soda, Orange: 13 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Cocoa Peanut Butter Cereal: 38 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Fruit bars, orange: 18 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Frosted Fruit O's, Sweetened Multi-Grain Cereal With Natural Fruit Flavors: 33 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Red Sugar Dessert Toppings: 7 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Fruit punch: 14 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Vanilla round ice cream sandwiches, vanilla: 27 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 4 flagged.
- Harris teeter, sundae nut cones, vanilla: 32 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 4 flagged.
- Assorted ice pops, grape, orange & cherry: 10 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Cheese On Cheese Crackers With A Cheddar Cheese Filling, Cheese: 34 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Sweetened Rice Cereal: 27 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, soda, orange: 11 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, fruity flavors cereal: 30 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Soda: 11 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet Pink Lemonade: 11 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, sparkling water beverage, orange mango: 26 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, magic stars, sweetened oat cereal with marshmallows cereal: 38 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Cherry & orange assorted ice pops, cherry & orange: 12 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, lite nonfat yogurt, strawberry, banana: 18 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Lite nonfat yogurt: 19 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni rising crust pizza, pepperoni: 45 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Pepperoni: 13 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, turkey pepperoni: 12 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Thin Crust Pizza: 38 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Thin Crust Pizza: 49 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Thin Crust Pizza: 54 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- French vanilla sugar free coffee creamer, french vanilla: 21 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Sugar Free Syrup: 16 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, diet cherry cola, cherry: 11 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice Cream: 23 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- 3 layer cake: 55 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Zero sugar cola: 11 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet Root Beer: 8 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, diet cream soda: 8 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Orange cream bars: 26 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Toffee crunch ice cream bars: 30 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Crispy crunch ice cream bars: 27 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Harris teeter, non fat cottage cheese: 16 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Vanilla ice cream sandwiches: 27 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
- Mini ice cream sandwiches: 26 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice cream sandwiches, vanilla: 28 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice cream sandwiches, vanilla: 27 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
- Chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches: 30 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice cream sandwiches, cookies & cream: 28 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
- Sundae Nut Cones: 31 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
Products by Harris Teeter
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 1,978 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 Harris Teeter: closest on tracked product count (2,028 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 Harris Teeter food safe? ▼
Harris Teeter has an average safety score of 94/100 across the 1,118 of 2028 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 25.5% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Harris Teeter products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 2,028 Harris Teeter products. 1,118 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 910 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Harris Teeter catalog? ▼
Harris Teeter has 1,068 NOVA-classified products; 65.8% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 703 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Harris Teeter catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Harris Teeter concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (435, 51% of this top-five); Dairies (124); Snacks (118); Condiments (111); Beverages (70).
Does Harris Teeter use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Harris Teeter 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 Harris Teeter 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 Harris teeter, ice cream cake, chocolate & vanilla swirl, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (10) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 89 scored Harris Teeter products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Harris Teeter's 94.3/100 average and 25.5% 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.
