Old Dutch
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Old Dutch, 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
Old Dutch averages 95.5/100 across the 114 of 150 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 15.8% 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.
- 95.5/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 114 scored products
- 150
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 15.8%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 70.3%
- 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 150 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Restaurante style premium tortilla chips, bite size; Old dutch, air popped popcorn, cheddar bacon; Cheddar Cheese Flavored Popcorn; 15.8% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 95.5/100. 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 114 of 150 tracked Old Dutch records (76%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 36 cannot be screened, so the 95.5/100 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 Old Dutch
Old Dutch: 150 products tracked, 114 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 95.5/100, 15.8% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 76% 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), Old Dutch's 15.8% flagged share is 2.2 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Old Dutch processing intensity
Old Dutch's NOVA-classified set is 111 products: 70.3% ultra-processed (Group 4, 78 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 78. That ultra-processed share sits 8 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Old Dutch shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Old Dutch concentrates in Snacks (84, 75% of this top-five); Condiments (12); Plant-based foods and beverages (12); Dairies (4).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 83 | 94.2/100 | 16.9% |
| Condiments | 11 | 98.2/100 | 9.1% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 11 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Dairies | 4 | 97.5/100 | 50% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Old Dutch's 15.8% flagged share is measured across 114 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.
Old Dutch flagged share vs large-brand cohort
15.8% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
16% 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 (95.5/100) summarizes 114 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.
Old Dutch product score distribution
Brand average 95.5/100 across 114 scored products
96 13th percentile sits above 13% of the 114 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 (1%)
- 50–60
- 6 scored products (5%)
- 70–80
- 3 scored products (3%)
- 80–90
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 90–100
- 7 scored products (6%)
- 100 and above
- 96 scored products (84%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Old Dutch relies most on Yellow 6, an industry staple
Across the 114 Old Dutch products scored here, Yellow 6 appears in 8. It is used by 1,766 other brands in this database (5.0% 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 | Old Dutch products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow 6 | 8 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Yellow 5 | 7 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 2 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| BHA | 1 | Restricted: California (warning required under Prop 65) |
| BHT | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Blue 1 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 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 50 concern-sorted Old Dutch 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 (16.5 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
- 16.5 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Restaurante style premium tortilla chips, bite size, 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
- Restaurante style premium tortilla chips, bite size: 28 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Old dutch, air popped popcorn, cheddar bacon: 26 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Cheddar Cheese Flavored Popcorn: 17 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Premium cheddar cheese flavored popcorn: 17 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Puffcorn, Cheesy: 17 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Old dutch, arriba, cheese stix, cheddar bacon: 27 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Jalapeno Cheddar Restaurant Style Premium Tortilla Chips, Jalapeno Cheddar: 29 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Old dutch, arriba tortilla chips: 50 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Old dutch, arriba, mix' n match tortilla chips, nacho: 31 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- French Onion Dip: 41 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Restaurante style premium tortilla chips, bite size: 29 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Gatlic And ONION chips: 13 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Nacho Cheese Dip: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Mild Cheddar Dip: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Nacho Cheese Dip: 31 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Onion & garlic flavored potato chips: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- French onion flavored potato chips, french onion: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Potato chips: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Sour Salad Dressing: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Dill Pickle Flavoured Potato Chips: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Corn chips: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Salt and Vinegar Chips: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Original Potato Chips: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spicy Dill Pickle Flavored Potato Chips, Spicy Dill Pickle: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spicy Honey Bbq Flavored Potato Chips, Spicy Honey Bbq: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Old dutch, kettle potato chips, dutch crunch: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Buffalo Mac & Cheese Flavored Potato Chips, Buffalo Mac & Cheese: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Potato Chips: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweet Potato Fries: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Ripples Potato Chips: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Old dutch, ripples potato chips, jalapeno poppers & cream cheese: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Korean Bbq Street Taco Flavored Potato Chips, Korean Bbq Street Taco: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sloppy Joe Flavored Potato Chips, Sloppy Joe: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Potato chips: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- RIP-L Potato Chips: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Potato chips: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Potato Chips: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Old dutch, popcorn, dill pickle: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Tender White Popcorn: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Seasoned Salt Flavored Popcorn, Seasoned Salt: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Gourmet White Popcorn: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Old dutch, premium popcorn, dill pickle: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- White Cheddar Flavored Popcorn: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kettle corn, sweet & salty: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Dutch Duo Popcorn: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Caramel puffcorn, caramel: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Puffcorn: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Old Dutch Puffcorn: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Tortilla chips: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Old Dutch
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 100 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 Old Dutch: closest on tracked product count (150 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (95.5/100 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 Old Dutch food safe? ▼
Old Dutch has an average safety score of 96/100 across the 114 of 150 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 15.8% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Old Dutch products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 150 Old Dutch products. 114 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 36 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Old Dutch catalog? ▼
Old Dutch has 111 NOVA-classified products; 70.3% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 78 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Old Dutch catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Old Dutch concentrates in Snacks (84, 75% of this top-five); Condiments (12); Plant-based foods and beverages (12); Dairies (4).
Does Old Dutch use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Old Dutch 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 Old Dutch 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 Restaurante style premium tortilla chips, bite size, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (3) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Yellow 6 appears in 8 scored Old Dutch products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Old Dutch's 95.5/100 average and 15.8% 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.
