Price Chopper
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Price Chopper, 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
Price Chopper averages 92.4/100 across the 206 of 349 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 35.4% 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.
- 92.4/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 206 scored products
- 349
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 35.4%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 76.1%
- 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 349 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Price chopper, crisp crunch sweetend corn & oats cereal, berry treats; Price chopper, trail mix - asian blend; Pudding Snacks; 35.4% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 92.4/100. 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 206 of 349 tracked Price Chopper records (59%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 143 cannot be screened, so the 92.4/100 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 Price Chopper
Price Chopper: 349 products tracked, 206 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 92.4/100, 35.4% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 59% 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), Price Chopper's 35.4% flagged share is 17.4 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Price Chopper processing intensity
Price Chopper's NOVA-classified set is 205 products: 76.1% ultra-processed (Group 4, 156 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 156. That ultra-processed share sits 2.2 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Price Chopper shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Price Chopper concentrates in Snacks (24, 40% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (20); Beverages (7); Dairies (5); Condiments (4).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 21 | 89.8/100 | 33.3% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 11 | 91.4/100 | 18.2% |
| Beverages | 6 | 76.7/100 | 83.3% |
| Condiments | 4 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Dairies | 4 | 95/100 | 25% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Price Chopper's 35.4% flagged share is measured across 206 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.
Price Chopper flagged share vs large-brand cohort
35.4% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
35% 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%
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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 (92.4/100) summarizes 206 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.
Price Chopper product score distribution
Brand average 92.4/100 across 206 scored products
92 30th percentile sits above 30% of the 206 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
- 10–20
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 20–30
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 40–50
- 2 scored products (1%)
- 50–60
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 60–70
- 11 scored products (5%)
- 70–80
- 16 scored products (8%)
- 80–90
- 17 scored products (8%)
- 90–100
- 24 scored products (12%)
- 100 and above
- 133 scored products (65%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Price Chopper relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 206 Price Chopper products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 17. 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 | Price Chopper products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 17 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Red 40 | 14 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 10 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Titanium Dioxide | 10 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sucralose | 9 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 6 | 8 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Polysorbate 80 | 7 | 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 Price Chopper 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 (14 ingredients and 75/100) 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
- 14 ingredients
- Median score
- 75/100
The outlined point is Price chopper, crisp crunch sweetend corn & oats cereal, berry treats, 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
- Price chopper, crisp crunch sweetend corn & oats cereal, berry treats: 24 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Price chopper, trail mix - asian blend: 42 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Pudding Snacks: 14 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Soda: 10 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice Cream: 17 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- PICS Creamy French: 17 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Gummi Freedom Rings: 10 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Gummi Rings: 10 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Gummi: 11 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Jelly Beans Candy: 13 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Candy: 7 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Peach Rings: 10 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Peppermint Starlight Mint Goodies: 7 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Starlight Mints: 8 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Price chopper, sparkling freeze water beverage, black raspberry: 24 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Sugar Gummi Hearts: 8 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Fat Free Cottage Cheese with Pineapple: 17 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- PICS Lite Ranch: 28 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Price chopper, neapolitan ice cream, vanilla chocolate, strawberry: 21 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Ice Cream: 14 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Orange Sherbet: 18 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Raspberry Sherbet: 19 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Goodies Gummi Bears: 15 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Gummi Lobsters: 11 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Gummi Worms: 17 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Orange Slices: 9 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Spice Drops Candy: 10 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Juju Fish: 14 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Airheads Candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies, Canada Wintergreen Mints: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Circus Peanuts: 9 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Gummi Bears: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Price chopper, old fashioned soft cookies, strawberry filled: 42 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Price chopper, goodies, easter jellies: 8 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Price chopper, goodies, easter jujus: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Price chopper, goodies, jelly pumpkins: 9 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Gummi Spooktacular Mix Guddies: 14 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Gourmet Patriotic Popcorn: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Goodies Butterscotch Discs: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Ham & Swiss Sub: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Pics: 7 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sliced Strawberries: 2 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sauce Steambag: 17 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Brussels Sprouts In Sweet Butter Sauce Steambag: 17 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chewy Dipped Granola Bar: 18 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chewy Dipped Granola Bars: 18 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sparkling Freeze Water Beverage: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Price chopper, hot cocoa rich & creamy flavor, peppermint: 23 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Price chopper, hot cocoa drink mix, mocha: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Price chopper, hot cocoa drink mix, salted caramel: 23 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Price Chopper
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 299 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 Price Chopper: closest on tracked product count (349 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (92.4/100 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 Price Chopper food safe? ▼
Price Chopper has an average safety score of 92/100 across the 206 of 349 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 35.4% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Price Chopper products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 349 Price Chopper products. 206 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 143 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Price Chopper catalog? ▼
Price Chopper has 205 NOVA-classified products; 76.1% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 156 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Price Chopper catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Price Chopper concentrates in Snacks (24, 40% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (20); Beverages (7); Dairies (5); Condiments (4).
Does Price Chopper use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Price Chopper 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 Price Chopper 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 Price chopper, crisp crunch sweetend corn & oats cereal, berry treats, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 17 scored Price Chopper products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Price Chopper's 92.4/100 average and 35.4% 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.
