Kashi
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Kashi, 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
Kashi averages 99.9/100 across the 173 of 224 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 1.2% 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.
- 99.9/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 173 scored products
- 224
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 1.2%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 92.5%
- 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 224 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Lemongrass Coconut Chicken Entree, Lemongrass Coconut Chicken; Red Curry Chicken, Kashi 7 Whole Grains & Sesame Pilaf Chicken Breast With Fire-Roasted Sweet Potato, Red Peppers, Bok Choy, Bamboo Shoots & Kale & Zesty Thai Style Red Curry Sauce, Red Curry Chicken; Dark Cocoa Cereal; 1.2% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 99.9/100. 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 173 of 224 tracked Kashi records (77.2%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 51 cannot be screened, so the 99.9/100 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 Kashi
Kashi: 224 products tracked, 173 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 99.9/100, 1.2% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 77.2% 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 →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Kashi's 1.2% flagged share is 16.8 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Kashi processing intensity
Kashi's NOVA-classified set is 173 products: 92.5% ultra-processed (Group 4, 160 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 160. That ultra-processed share sits 14.2 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Kashi shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Kashi concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (101, 52% of this top-five); Snacks (76); Frozen foods (9); Beverages and beverages preparations (6); Desserts (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 81 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Snacks | 62 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Frozen foods | 9 | 98.9/100 | 22.2% |
| Beverages and beverages preparations | 6 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Kashi's 1.2% flagged share is measured across 173 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.
Kashi flagged share vs large-brand cohort
1.2% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
1% 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 (99.9/100) summarizes 173 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.
Kashi product score distribution
Brand average 99.9/100 across 173 scored products
100 1st percentile sits above 1% of the 173 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
- 90–100
- 2 scored products (1%)
- 100 and above
- 171 scored products (99%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Kashi relies most on Carrageenan, an industry staple
Across the 173 Kashi products scored here, Carrageenan appears in 2. It is used by 2,390 other brands in this database (6.8% 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 | Kashi products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 2 | 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 Kashi 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 (20 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
- 50
- Median label
- 20 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Lemongrass Coconut Chicken Entree, Lemongrass Coconut Chicken, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (1). 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
- Lemongrass Coconut Chicken Entree, Lemongrass Coconut Chicken: 41 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Red Curry Chicken, Kashi 7 Whole Grains & Sesame Pilaf Chicken Breast With Fire-Roasted Sweet Potato, Red Peppers, Bok Choy, Bamboo Shoots & Kale & Zesty Thai Style Red Curry Sauce, Red Curry Chicken: 55 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Dark Cocoa Cereal: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi Whole Health Ready To Eat Cereal Whole Grain Nuggets 20oz: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bar: 38 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chewy granola barhoney almond flax: 32 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi chewy bars chewy peanut butter gran 7.4oz: 29 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cherry Dark Chocolate: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Crunchy Granola Bars, Roasted Almond, Roasted Almond: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crunchy Granola Bars: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bar: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Honey Almond Flax Chewy Granola Bar: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi Chewy Bars Peanut Peanut Butter 1.2Oz: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chewy Bars Cherry Dark Chocolate 1.2Oz: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Seven Grain With Quinoa Variety Pack: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Crunchy 7 Grain With Quinoa Bars, Honey Oat Flax, Honey Oat Flax: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Seven Grain With Quinoa Variety Pack: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Caramelized Onion Hummus Crisps, Caramelized Onion: 27 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Raisin Vineyard: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Salted Caramel Pecan Chewy Nut Butter Bars: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- chewy granola bars, chocolate almond sea salt: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cinnamon French Toast Cereal: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crunchy Granola & Seed Bars, Chocolate Chip Chia: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi Organic Cereal Cocoa Coconut With Kamut Khorasan Wheat Granola 11oz: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chewy Granola Bar, Chocolate Almond & Sea Salt: 36 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- GO Toasted Berry Crisp Cereal: 34 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi Organic Cereal Promise Sprouted Grain 9.5oz: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Original Gluten Free Waffles: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cinnamon Gluten Free Waffles: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Chewy Granola & Seed Bar, Dark Chocolate Coconut Ginger: 27 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Chewy Granola & Seed Bars, Dark Chocolate Pomegranate: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crunchy Granola Bar, Pumpkin Spice Flax: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Honey Toasted Organic Oat Cereal: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Cinnamon Harvest: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Go Lean, Plant-Powered Bars, Salted Dark Chocolate & Nuts, Salted Dark Chocolate & Nuts: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi Whole Health Ready To Eat Cereal Dark Cocoa Karma 16.1oz: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Savory Crunchy Bars, Basil, White Bean & Olive Oil, Basil, White Bean & Olive Oil: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cashew Chia Plant-Powered Bars, Dark Chocolate: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Nutty Layered Bars, Honey Pecan Baklava: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Golean, Plant-Powered Bars, Peanut Hemp Crunch, Peanut Hemp Crunch: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Go Lean, Plant-Powered Bars, Peanut Hemp Crunch, Peanut Hemp Crunch: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Go Lean, Plant-Powered Bars, Honey Pecan Baklava, Honey Pecan Baklava: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Warm Cinnamon Oat Cereal: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Golean, Crunch Peanut Hemp Bar: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Cocoa Awakening Breakfast Superfood Blend Smoothie Mix: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Breakfast Superfood Blend Smoothie Mix: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Dark Cocoa Power Shake, Dark Cocoa: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Golean, Plant Powered Shake, Matcha Tea Mantra, Matcha Tea Mantra: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Golean, Plant Powered Shake: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kashi, Golean, Plant Powered Shake, Vanilla Vinyasa, Vanilla Vinyasa: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Kashi
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 174 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 Kashi: closest on tracked product count (224 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (99.9/100 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 Kashi food safe? ▼
Kashi has an average safety score of 100/100 across the 173 of 224 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 1.2% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Kashi products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 224 Kashi products. 173 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 51 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Kashi catalog? ▼
Kashi has 173 NOVA-classified products; 92.5% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 160 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Kashi catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Kashi concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (101, 52% of this top-five); Snacks (76); Frozen foods (9); Beverages and beverages preparations (6); Desserts (1).
Does Kashi use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Kashi 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 Kashi 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 Lemongrass Coconut Chicken Entree, Lemongrass Coconut Chicken, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (1) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Carrageenan appears in 2 scored Kashi products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Kashi's 99.9/100 average and 1.2% 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.
