Price First
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Price First, 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 First averages 89.7/100 across the 54 of 54 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 25.9% 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.
- 89.7/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 54 scored products
- 54
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 25.9%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 64.8%
- 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 54 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Price first, fruit & grain bars, strawberry; Price first, original macaroni & cheese dinner; Lasagna Pasta Skillet Meal; 25.9% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 89.7/100. 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 | Price First | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 89.7/100 | Mid-range |
| Products tracked | 54 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 25.9% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Price First
Price First: 54 products tracked, 54 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 89.7/100, 25.9% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
25.9% of the scored Price First products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. That distribution is the primary finding; the average does not make those affected formulations "mostly safe." Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Price First sits 3.1 points below that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Price First's 25.9% flagged share is 7.9 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Price First processing intensity
Price First's NOVA-classified set is 54 products: 64.8% ultra-processed (Group 4, 35 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 35. That ultra-processed share sits 13.5 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Price First shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Price First concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (33, 69% of this top-five); Condiments (5); Snacks (4); Meals (3); Salted-snacks (3).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 33 | 99.5/100 | 3% |
| Condiments | 5 | 98/100 | 40% |
| Snacks | 4 | 73.8/100 | 75% |
| Meals | 3 | 8.3/100 | 100% |
| Salted-snacks | 3 | 63.3/100 | 100% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Price First's 25.9% flagged share is measured across 54 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 First flagged share vs large-brand cohort
25.9% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
26% 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 (89.7/100) summarizes 54 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 First product score distribution
Brand average 89.7/100 across 54 scored products
90 16th percentile sits above 16% of the 54 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
- 0–10
- 3 scored products (6%)
- 20–30
- 1 scored products (2%)
- 50–60
- 1 scored products (2%)
- 70–80
- 2 scored products (4%)
- 80–90
- 3 scored products (6%)
- 90–100
- 4 scored products (7%)
- 100 and above
- 40 scored products (74%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Price First relies most on Yellow 5, an industry staple
Across the 54 Price First products scored here, Yellow 5 appears in 7. It is used by 2,320 other brands in this database (6.6% 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 First products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 7 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Yellow 6 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Polysorbate 80 | 2 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sodium Nitrite | 2 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| BHT | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
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 First 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 (9.5 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
- 9.5 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Price first, fruit & grain bars, strawberry, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (5). 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 first, fruit & grain bars, strawberry: 60 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Price first, original macaroni & cheese dinner: 25 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Lasagna Pasta Skillet Meal: 34 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Tuna Cheesy Skillet Meal, Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix: 35 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Kosher Baby Dill Pickles: 8 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Deli spears pickles: 8 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Bread &butter chips pickles: 10 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Price first, chopped & pressed smoked turkey: 14 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Price first, ham, honey: 11 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Vegetable Pot Pie With Chicken: 39 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Price first, oatmeal raisin cookies: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate chip cookies: 30 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Price first, italian dressing: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Steak Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Homestyle Waffles: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wide Egg Noodles: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spaghetti: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Corn Oil: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Canola Oil: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Vegetable Oil: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Corn Oil: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Canola Oil: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Light Mayonnaise Dressing: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Whipped Dressing: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Condensed soup: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Tomato Sauce: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Tomato Ketchup: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Toaster pastries: 37 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Price first, extra virgin olive oil: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Reduced fat milk: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Enriched White Bread: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- White Bread: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili Beans, Pinto Beans In Chili Sauce: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Great Northern Beans: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pinto Beans: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Black Beans: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Light Red Kidney Beans: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crushed Tomatoes: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Olive Oil: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Confectioners Powdered Sugar: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Price first, long grain enriched rice: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wheat Bread: 39 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Enriched White Bread: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Price first, enriched white bread: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wheat Bread: 39 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Enriched White Bread: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sliced Peaches In Heavy Syrup: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sliced pears: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fruit Spread: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crunchy Peanut Butter Spread: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Price First
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 4 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 First: closest on tracked product count (54 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (89.7/100 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 First food safe? ▼
Price First has an average safety score of 90/100 across the 54 of 54 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 25.9% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Price First products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 54 Price First products. 54 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 0 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Price First catalog? ▼
Price First has 54 NOVA-classified products; 64.8% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 35 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 First catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Price First concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (33, 69% of this top-five); Condiments (5); Snacks (4); Meals (3); Salted-snacks (3).
Does Price First use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Price First 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 First 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 first, fruit & grain bars, strawberry, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (5) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Yellow 5 appears in 7 scored Price First products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Price First's 89.7/100 average and 25.9% 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.
