Jolly Time
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Jolly Time, 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
Jolly Time averages 97.0/100 across the 41 of 61 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 14.6% 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.
- 97.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 41 scored products
- 61
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 14.6%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 96.6%
- 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 61 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Jolly time, the big cheez, pop corn; Microwave Pop Corn; Jolly time, healthy pop, kettle corn; 14.6% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 97.0/100. 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 41 of 61 tracked Jolly Time records (67.2%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 20 cannot be screened, so the 97.0/100 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 Jolly Time
Jolly Time: 61 products tracked, 41 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 97.0/100, 14.6% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 67.2% 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 →
Processing mix (NOVA)
Jolly Time processing intensity
Jolly Time's NOVA-classified set is 29 products: 96.6% ultra-processed (Group 4, 28 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 28. That ultra-processed share sits 18.3 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (97.0/100) summarizes 41 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.
Jolly Time product score distribution
Brand average 97.0/100 across 41 scored products
97 15th percentile sits above 15% of the 41 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
- 1 scored products (2%)
- 80–90
- 5 scored products (12%)
- 100 and above
- 35 scored products (85%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sucralose is the flagged ingredient Jolly Time uses most
Across the 41 Jolly Time products scored here, Sucralose appears in 4. Only 1,692 other brands here use it (4.8%), 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 | Jolly Time products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 4 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| TBHQ | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Yellow 5 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 1 | 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 41 concern-sorted Jolly Time 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 (7 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
- 41
- Median label
- 7 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Jolly time, the big cheez, pop corn, 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
- Jolly time, the big cheez, pop corn: 15 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Microwave Pop Corn: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Jolly time, healthy pop, kettle corn: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Kettle Corn: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Jolly time, healthy pop, unpopped corn, kettle: 11 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Blast o butter, ultimate theatre style butter: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Crispy White Naturally Flavored Microwave Pop Corn: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Calorie healthy pop butter: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Healthy Pop Kettle Corn: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Pop Corn Yellow: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Yellow Pop Corn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Healthy Pop minis: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Simply Popped Butter Minis: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- White Pop Corn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Yellow Pop Corn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jolly Time Yellow Popcorn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Select for white popcorn enthusiasts: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Select yellow popcorn: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Select Yellow Popcorn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jalapeño Butter: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- The Big Cheez Ultimate Cheddar Flavor: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Healthy Pop: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blast o butter theatre style popcorn count boxes: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Simply popped: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Simply Popped butter: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mallow magic marshmallow flavor microwave popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pop Corn, Jalapeno Butter: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Microwave Pop Corn: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jolly time, healthy pop butter: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Healthy Crispy White Pop Corn: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jolly time, microwave pop corn, butter light: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Microwave PopCorn - Butter Flavour: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crispy n White: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jolly time, xtra butter microwave pop corn, butter: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Healthy Pop, Microwave Pop Corn, Butter: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- All in One: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blast O Butter Ultimate Theatre Style Butter: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- American's Best White Pop Corn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Yellow Popcorn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Milk Chocolate Caramel Handcrafted Popcorn Nuggets, Milk Chocolate Caramel: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blast o butter popcorn: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Jolly Time
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 11 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 Jolly Time: closest on tracked product count (61 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (97/100 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 Jolly Time food safe? ▼
Jolly Time has an average safety score of 97/100 across the 41 of 61 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 14.6% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Jolly Time products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 61 Jolly Time products. 41 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 20 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Jolly Time catalog? ▼
Jolly Time has 29 NOVA-classified products; 96.6% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 28 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Does Jolly Time use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Jolly Time 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 Jolly Time 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 Jolly time, the big cheez, pop corn, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sucralose appears in 4 scored Jolly Time products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Jolly Time's 97.0/100 average and 14.6% 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.
