Pop-Secret
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Pop-Secret, 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
Pop-Secret averages 96.9/100 across the 60 of 74 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 13.3% 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.
- 96.9/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 60 scored products
- 74
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 13.3%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 93.1%
- 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 74 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Sweet 'n crunchy premium popcorn; Premium Popcorn; Premium popcorn, kettle corn; 13.3% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 96.9/100. 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.
| Signal | Pop-Secret | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 96.9/100 | Above-average |
| Products tracked | 74 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 13.3% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Pop-Secret
Pop-Secret: 74 products tracked, 60 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 96.9/100, 13.3% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Pop-Secret's labelled portfolio averages at least 95/100 in this snapshot. Open the individual rows before extending that aggregate to a specific package or formulation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Pop-Secret sits 4.1 points above that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Pop-Secret's 13.3% flagged share is 4.7 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Pop-Secret processing intensity
Pop-Secret's NOVA-classified set is 58 products: 93.1% ultra-processed (Group 4, 54 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 54. That ultra-processed share sits 14.8 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Pop-Secret's 13.3% flagged share is measured across 60 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.
Pop-Secret flagged share vs large-brand cohort
13.3% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
13% 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 (96.9/100) summarizes 60 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.
Pop-Secret product score distribution
Brand average 96.9/100 across 60 scored products
97 13th percentile sits above 13% of the 60 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 (2%)
- 80–90
- 7 scored products (12%)
- 100 and above
- 52 scored products (87%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sucralose is the flagged ingredient Pop-Secret uses most
Across the 60 Pop-Secret products scored here, Sucralose appears in 8. 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 | Pop-Secret products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 8 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 2 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| 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 50 concern-sorted Pop-Secret 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
- 50
- Median label
- 7 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Sweet 'n crunchy premium popcorn, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (4). 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
- Sweet 'n crunchy premium popcorn: 12 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn: 6 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Premium popcorn, kettle corn: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Popcorn: 8 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Microwave premium popcorn, kettle corn: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Pixar Finding Dory Kids Coastline Kettle Corn: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old Fashioned Kettle Corn: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Old Fashioned Kettle Corn: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Movie Theater Butter: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Premium Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Salted Popcorn: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Extra Cheesy Popcorn: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Microwave Popcorn: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Microwave popcorn extra butter: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Popping Corn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Jumbo Popcorn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jumbo Popping Corn: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Homestyle premium popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn, Movie Theater Butter: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Movie Theater Butter Premium Popcorn: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Movie Theater Butter Premium Popcorn: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Homestyle Premium Popcorn: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Homestyle Butter Microwave Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Light* premium popcorn, butter: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sea salt premium popcorn: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Popcorn: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Homestyle Butter Premium Popcorn: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pop Secret Double Butter Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Microwave Popcorn, Cheddar: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Light Popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Slightly Sweet Premium Popcorn: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jumbo Pop, Premium Popcorn, Butter: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Jumbo pop premium popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Premium Popcorn For Kidz: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- microwavable popcorn - 94% fat free, butter natural flavor: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pop corn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Popcorn light: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Microwave popcorn: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Pop-Secret
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 24 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 Pop-Secret: closest on tracked product count (74 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (96.9/100 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 Pop-Secret food safe? ▼
Pop-Secret has an average safety score of 97/100 across the 60 of 74 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 13.3% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Pop-Secret products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 74 Pop-Secret products. 60 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 14 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Pop-Secret catalog? ▼
Pop-Secret has 58 NOVA-classified products; 93.1% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 54 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Does Pop-Secret use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Pop-Secret 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 Pop-Secret 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 Sweet 'n crunchy premium popcorn, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sucralose appears in 8 scored Pop-Secret products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Pop-Secret's 96.9/100 average and 13.3% 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.
