Spartan
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Spartan, 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
Spartan averages 91.0/100 across the 1,339 of 1,341 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 31.8% 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.
- 91.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 1,339 scored products
- 1,341
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 31.8%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 69.9%
- 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 1,341 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Wavy potato chips, cheddar & sour cream; Spice Drops Candy; Diet Soda, Orange; 31.8% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 91.0/100. 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.
| Signal | Spartan | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 91.0/100 | Above-average |
| Products tracked | 1,341 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 31.8% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Spartan
Spartan: 1,341 products tracked, 1,339 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 91.0/100, 31.8% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
31.8% of the scored Spartan 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 Spartan sits 1.8 points below that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Spartan's 31.8% flagged share is 13.8 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Spartan processing intensity
Spartan's NOVA-classified set is 1,323 products: 69.9% ultra-processed (Group 4, 925 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 925. That ultra-processed share sits 8.4 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Spartan shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Spartan concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (174, 46% of this top-five); Snacks (95); Condiments (52); Dairies (29); Desserts (26).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 174 | 97.1/100 | 11.5% |
| Snacks | 95 | 81.3/100 | 45.3% |
| Condiments | 52 | 96.3/100 | 30.8% |
| Dairies | 29 | 92.4/100 | 41.4% |
| Desserts | 26 | 79.6/100 | 80.8% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Spartan's 31.8% flagged share is measured across 1,339 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.
Spartan flagged share vs large-brand cohort
31.8% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
32% 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 (91.0/100) summarizes 1,339 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.
Spartan product score distribution
Brand average 91.0/100 across 1,339 scored products
91 26th percentile sits above 26% of the 1,339 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
- 21 scored products (2%)
- 10–20
- 10 scored products (1%)
- 20–30
- 12 scored products (1%)
- 30–40
- 12 scored products (1%)
- 40–50
- 23 scored products (2%)
- 50–60
- 31 scored products (2%)
- 60–70
- 16 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 70 scored products (5%)
- 80–90
- 78 scored products (6%)
- 90–100
- 153 scored products (11%)
- 100 and above
- 913 scored products (68%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Spartan relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 1,339 Spartan products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 106. 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 | Spartan products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 106 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Yellow 5 | 91 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 86 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Red 40 | 84 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 60 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Polysorbate 80 | 59 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 1 | 58 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sucralose | 40 | 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 Spartan 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 ingredients and 10/100) 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 ingredients
- Median score
- 10/100
The outlined point is Wavy potato chips, cheddar & sour cream, 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
- Wavy potato chips, cheddar & sour cream: 42 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Spice Drops Candy: 10 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Diet Soda, Orange: 13 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Spartan, diet soda, orange: 13 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Spartan, wavy potato chips, cheddar & sour cream: 42 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles Candy Shoppe: 13 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Candy Spice Drops: 10 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Trail Mix: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Deluxe Cheeseburger Pasta & Sauce Mix: 42 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Spartan, drink mix, strawberry, orange, banana: 14 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Mountain Trail Mix: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice cream: 25 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Premium ice cream: 17 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Spartan, light fat free yogurt, cherry, vanilla: 18 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Cherry Light Fat Free Yogurt: 18 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Fat Free Light Lowfat Togurt: 17 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Spartan, candy, gummi bears: 12 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Gummi Worms Candy: 12 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Spartan, candy, jelly bean: 12 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Gummi Bears Candy: 12 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Spartan, kurls, cheese: 24 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Assorted Fruit Slices Candy: 9 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Candy, Gum Drops: 9 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Assorted Pops: 11 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Double Cheeseburger Pasta & Sauce Mix: 34 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix: 42 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Instant Pudding: 18 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Peach Rings Candy: 11 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Sour Warms Candy: 16 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Mixed hard candies: 15 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Fruit Rolls: 36 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Smoked salmon spread, maple original: 45 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Spartan, drink mix, fruit punch: 14 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Spartan, drink mix, fruit punch, fruit punch: 14 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Spartan, drink mix, raspberry lemonade: 14 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Grape Drink: 12 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Jumbo flaky biscuits: 34 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice cream: 27 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Lowfat Strawberry Cheesecake Yogurt: 16 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Strawberry Banana Lowfat Yogurt: 17 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Rising Crust 3 Meat Pizza: 68 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 4 flagged.
- Gelatin Dessert: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Spartan, pops, cheese: 21 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Spartan, soda, orange: 10 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Macaroni & Cheese Dinner: 28 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Hamburger Skillet Dinner: 30 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gelatin Dessert: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Hamburger Skillet Dinner: 35 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gelatin Dessert: 15 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Instant Pudding: 16 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
Products by Spartan
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 1,291 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 Spartan: closest on tracked product count (1,341 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (91/100 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 Spartan food safe? ▼
Spartan has an average safety score of 91/100 across the 1,339 of 1341 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 31.8% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Spartan products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 1,341 Spartan products. 1,339 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 2 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Spartan catalog? ▼
Spartan has 1,323 NOVA-classified products; 69.9% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 925 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Spartan catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Spartan concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (174, 46% of this top-five); Snacks (95); Condiments (52); Dairies (29); Desserts (26).
Does Spartan use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Spartan 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 Spartan 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 Wavy potato chips, cheddar & sour cream, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (5) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 106 scored Spartan products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Spartan's 91.0/100 average and 31.8% 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.
