Stubb's
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Stubb'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
Stubb's averages 99.6/100 across the 56 of 62 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 8.9% 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.
- 99.6/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 56 scored products
- 62
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 8.9%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 98.2%
- 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 62 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Wing Sauce; Deluxe barbeque set; Stubb's, liquid smoke, hickory; 8.9% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 99.6/100. 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 | Stubb's | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 99.6/100 | Above-average |
| Products tracked | 62 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 8.9% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Stubb's
Stubb's: 62 products tracked, 56 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 99.6/100, 8.9% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Stubb's's labelled portfolio averages at least 95/100 in this snapshot. Open the individual rows before extending that aggregate to a specific package or formulation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Stubb's sits 6.8 points above that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Stubb's's 8.9% flagged share is 9.1 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Stubb's processing intensity
Stubb's's NOVA-classified set is 56 products: 98.2% ultra-processed (Group 4, 55 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 55. That ultra-processed share sits 19.9 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Stubb's shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Stubb's concentrates in Condiments (52, 95% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (2); Frozen foods (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condiments | 52 | 99.6/100 | 7.7% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 2 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Stubb's's 8.9% flagged share is measured across 56 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.
Stubb's flagged share vs large-brand cohort
8.9% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
9% 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%
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- 40%–50%
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- 50%–60%
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- 60%–70%
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- 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 (99.6/100) summarizes 56 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.
Stubb's product score distribution
Brand average 99.6/100 across 56 scored products
100 4th percentile sits above 4% of the 56 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
- 90–100
- 5 scored products (9%)
- 100 and above
- 51 scored products (91%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Stubb's relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 56 Stubb's products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 5. 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 | Stubb's products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
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 Stubb'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 (17.5 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
- 17.5 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Wing Sauce, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (1). 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
- Wing Sauce: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Deluxe barbeque set: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Stubb's, liquid smoke, hickory: 10 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Liquid smoke: 10 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Beef marinade mix soy, garlic & red pepper: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Legendary Bar-B-Q Sauce: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Hickory Bourbon Bar-B-Q Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, all-natural bar-b-q sauce, original: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Legendary Bar-B-Q Sauce: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Original Legendary Bar-B-Q Sauce: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Moppin' Sauce: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Smokey Mesquite Legendary Bar-B-Q Sauce: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Honey Pecan BBQ Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Hickory bourbon legendary bar-b-q sauce, hickory bourbon: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweet Heat Legendary Bar-B-Q Sauce: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sticky Sweet BBQ Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Legendary Bar-b-q Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Bar-B-Q Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wicked Habanero Pepper Wing Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Beef Marinade: 33 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chicken Marinade Citrus & Onion: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pork Marinade Chili, Lime & Ginger: 28 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Texas Steakhouse Marinade: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Hatch Green Chile Anytime Sauce: 13 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spicy texas peach sauce: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Texas Sriracha Anytime Sauce: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweet Black Pepper Anytime Sauce: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Dr Pepper Anytime Sauce: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, injectable all-natural marinade, texas butter: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, injectable all-natural marinades, chipotle butter: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- BBQ Slider Cookin' Sauce Kit: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cookin' sauce: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Smokehouse Bourbon All Natural Cookin' Sauce: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Hatch Chile Cookin' Sauce Kit: 36 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, seasoned shredded beef: 37 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spice rub: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, all natural spice rub pork: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, chicken spice rub: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, beef spice rub: 12 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Stubb's, all-natural spice rub, steak: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Citrus & onion chicken marinade mix: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili, lime & ginger pork marinade mix, chili, lime & ginger: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Ancho chili & garlic marinade mix: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Legendary bar-b-q sauce: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Legendary bar-b-q sauce: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Legendary bar - b - q sauce: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- SWEET HONEY & SPICE LEGENDARY BAR-B-Q SAUCE: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chicken Rub: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Reduced sugar simply sweet legendary bar-b-q sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sticky Sweet Legendary Bar-B-Q Sauce: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Stubb's
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 12 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 Stubb's: closest on tracked product count (62 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (99.6/100 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 Stubb's food safe? ▼
Stubb's has an average safety score of 100/100 across the 56 of 62 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 8.9% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Stubb's products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 62 Stubb's products. 56 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 6 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Stubb's catalog? ▼
Stubb's has 56 NOVA-classified products; 98.2% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 55 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Stubb's catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Stubb's concentrates in Condiments (52, 95% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (2); Frozen foods (1).
Does Stubb's use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Stubb'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 Stubb'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 Wing Sauce, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (1) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 5 scored Stubb's products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Stubb's's 99.6/100 average and 8.9% 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.
