Sam’s
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Sam’s, 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
Sam’s averages 92.0/100 across the 10 of 88 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 50.0% 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.
- 92.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 10 scored products
- 88
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 50.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- Beverages
- leading Open Food Facts shelf (5 products in the top five)
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 88 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Sam's Cola; diet Sam's COLA; Smoked Sausage With Black Pepper & Blue Cheese; 50.0% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 92.0/100. 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 10 of 88 tracked Sam’s records (11.4%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 78 cannot be screened, so the 92.0/100 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 Sam’s
Sam’s: 88 products tracked, 10 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 92.0/100, 50.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 11.4% 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 →
Shelf mix
Where Sam’s shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Sam’s concentrates in Beverages (5, 63% of this top-five); Condiments (1); Meals (1); Meats and their products (1).
- Beverages 5
- Condiments 1
- Meals 1
- Meats and their products 1
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (92.0/100) summarizes 10 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.
Sam’s product score distribution
Brand average 92.0/100 across 10 scored products
92 40th percentile sits above 40% of the 10 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
- 60–70
- 1 scored products (10%)
- 80–90
- 2 scored products (20%)
- 90–100
- 2 scored products (20%)
- 100 and above
- 5 scored products (50%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sam’s relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 10 Sam’s products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 3. 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 | Sam’s products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 3 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Aspartame | 2 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Carrageenan | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sodium Nitrite | 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 10 concern-sorted Sam’s 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 (10 ingredients and 97.5/100) 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
- 10
- Median label
- 10 ingredients
- Median score
- 97.5/100
The outlined point is Sam's Cola, 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
- Sam's Cola: 10 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- diet Sam's COLA: 9 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Smoked Sausage With Black Pepper & Blue Cheese: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sam's Cola: 6 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- chicken taco: 82 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Purified Drinking Water: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- 100% orange juice squeezed fresh daily: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fresh Salsa: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- sam’s fresh mild salsa: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fresh Salsa: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Sam’s
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 38 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 Sam’s: closest on tracked product count (88 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (92/100 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 Sam’s food safe? ▼
Sam’s has an average safety score of 92/100 across the 10 of 88 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 50.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Sam’s products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 88 Sam’s products. 10 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 78 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
Which shelves dominate the Sam’s catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Sam’s concentrates in Beverages (5, 63% of this top-five); Condiments (1); Meals (1); Meats and their products (1).
Does Sam’s use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Sam’s 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 Sam’s 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 Sam's Cola, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (3) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 3 scored Sam’s products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Sam’s's 92.0/100 average and 50.0% 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.
