Smart Sense
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Smart Sense, 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
Smart Sense averages 80.5/100 across the 179 of 179 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 43.6% 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.
- 80.5/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 179 scored products
- 179
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 43.6%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 72.2%
- 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 179 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Smart sense, chocolate cashew trail mix; Smart sense, gummi bunnies; Water beverage; 43.6% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 80.5/100. 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.
| Signal | Smart Sense | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 80.5/100 | Mid-range |
| Products tracked | 179 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 43.6% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Smart Sense
Smart Sense: 179 products tracked, 179 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 80.5/100, 43.6% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
43.6% of the scored Smart Sense 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 Smart Sense sits 12.3 points below that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Smart Sense's 43.6% flagged share is 25.6 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Smart Sense processing intensity
Smart Sense's NOVA-classified set is 176 products: 72.2% ultra-processed (Group 4, 127 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 127. That ultra-processed share sits 6.1 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Smart Sense shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Smart Sense concentrates in Snacks (83, 51% of this top-five); Beverages (41); Plant-based foods and beverages (31); Condiments (6); Meals (2).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 83 | 84.8/100 | 26.5% |
| Beverages | 41 | 66/100 | 87.8% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 31 | 91.3/100 | 25.8% |
| Condiments | 6 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Meals | 2 | 25/100 | 100% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Smart Sense's 43.6% flagged share is measured across 179 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.
Smart Sense flagged share vs large-brand cohort
43.6% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
44% 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 (80.5/100) summarizes 179 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.
Smart Sense product score distribution
Brand average 80.5/100 across 179 scored products
81 34th percentile sits above 34% of the 179 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
- 8 scored products (4%)
- 10–20
- 5 scored products (3%)
- 20–30
- 2 scored products (1%)
- 30–40
- 6 scored products (3%)
- 40–50
- 3 scored products (2%)
- 50–60
- 14 scored products (8%)
- 60–70
- 7 scored products (4%)
- 70–80
- 15 scored products (8%)
- 80–90
- 3 scored products (2%)
- 90–100
- 15 scored products (8%)
- 100 and above
- 101 scored products (56%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Smart Sense relies most on Red 40, an industry staple
Across the 179 Smart Sense products scored here, Red 40 appears in 30. It is used by 2,397 other brands in this database (6.8% 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 | Smart Sense products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 30 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 30 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 23 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Blue 1 | 19 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 19 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 18 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sucralose | 18 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Aspartame | 11 | 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 Smart Sense 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 50/100) 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
- 50/100
The outlined point is Smart sense, chocolate cashew trail mix, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (9). 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
- Smart sense, chocolate cashew trail mix: 42 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Smart sense, gummi bunnies: 13 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Water beverage: 16 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Smart sense, jelly beans assorted: 14 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Smart sense, spiced jelly beans: 15 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Smart sense, french burnt peanuts: 15 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Tortilla chips: 33 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner: 40 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Half & half water beverage: 17 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Smart sense, diet green tea with citrus: 15 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Smart sense, diet half n' half tea beverage, black tea & lemonade: 17 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Smart sense, chocolatey nut trail mix: 30 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Tortilla chips: 37 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Low calorie water beverage: 14 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Candy: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Sparkling Water Beverage: 27 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling water beverage, orange mango: 25 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling water beverage, kiwi strawberry: 25 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling water beverage, acai, blueberry, pomegranate: 26 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling water beverage, strawberry lemonade: 26 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Juice Drink: 20 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Water beverage: 13 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Lemonade, Mango: 13 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Smart sense, green tea, citrus: 14 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Spicy Salsa Snack Mix: 41 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Soda, Orange: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Macaroni and cheese: 22 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Soda, Orange: 10 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Soda: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Grape Soda, Grape: 11 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, spicy salsa snack mix: 44 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, creme sandwich cookies, chocolate mint: 26 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, trail mix: 39 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Juice cocktail from concentrate: 12 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, cranberry raspberry, raspberry flavored juice cocktail: 14 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, chick-o-stick: 12 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, root beer barrels candy: 6 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, cheese puffs: 22 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, candy canes, peppermint: 5 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Zero Calories Sparkling Water Beverage: 24 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Sparkling Water Beverage: 25 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling carbonated water, pink grapefruit: 25 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling black raspberry: 24 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, flavored water beverage, strawberry, lemonade: 12 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling lemonade: 26 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, sparkling, peach: 17 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Water beverage: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Smart sense, iced tea, rapberry: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Flavored Water Beverage, Cherry, Lemonade: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Green Tea With Mixed Berry, Diet Berry: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
Products by Smart Sense
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 129 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 Smart Sense: closest on tracked product count (179 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (80.5/100 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 Smart Sense food safe? ▼
Smart Sense has an average safety score of 81/100 across the 179 of 179 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 43.6% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Smart Sense products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 179 Smart Sense products. 179 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 Smart Sense catalog? ▼
Smart Sense has 176 NOVA-classified products; 72.2% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 127 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Smart Sense catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Smart Sense concentrates in Snacks (83, 51% of this top-five); Beverages (41); Plant-based foods and beverages (31); Condiments (6); Meals (2).
Does Smart Sense use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Smart Sense 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 Smart Sense 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 Smart sense, chocolate cashew trail mix, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (9) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Red 40 appears in 30 scored Smart Sense products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Smart Sense's 80.5/100 average and 43.6% 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.
