Sweet Baby Ray's
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Sweet Baby Ray'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
Sweet Baby Ray's averages 96.0/100 across the 63 of 82 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 58.7% 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.
- 96.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 63 scored products
- 82
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 58.7%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 98.4%
- 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 82 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Sweet Teriyaki Beef Jerky; Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce; Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce; 58.7% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 96.0/100. 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 63 of 82 tracked Sweet Baby Ray's records (76.8%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 19 cannot be screened, so the 96.0/100 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 Sweet Baby Ray's
Sweet Baby Ray's: 82 products tracked, 63 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 96.0/100, 58.7% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 76.8% 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 →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Sweet Baby Ray's's 58.7% flagged share is 40.7 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Sweet Baby Ray's processing intensity
Sweet Baby Ray's's NOVA-classified set is 62 products: 98.4% ultra-processed (Group 4, 61 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 61. That ultra-processed share sits 20.1 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Sweet Baby Ray's shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Sweet Baby Ray's concentrates in Condiments (42, 98% of this top-five); Beverages and beverages preparations (1).
- Condiments 42
- Beverages and beverages preparations 1
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Sweet Baby Ray's's 58.7% flagged share is measured across 63 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.
Sweet Baby Ray's flagged share vs large-brand cohort
58.7% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
59% 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%
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- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
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- 40%–50%
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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 (96.0/100) summarizes 63 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.
Sweet Baby Ray's product score distribution
Brand average 96.0/100 across 63 scored products
96 33rd percentile sits above 33% of the 63 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
- 70–80
- 2 scored products (3%)
- 80–90
- 2 scored products (3%)
- 90–100
- 33 scored products (52%)
- 100 and above
- 26 scored products (41%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sweet Baby Ray's relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 63 Sweet Baby Ray's products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 34. 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 | Sweet Baby Ray's products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 34 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Yellow 5 | 2 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Sodium Nitrite | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Sucralose | 1 | 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 Sweet Baby Ray'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 (18 ingredients and 95/100) 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
- 18 ingredients
- Median score
- 95/100
The outlined point is Sweet Teriyaki Beef Jerky, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (2). 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
- Sweet Teriyaki Beef Jerky: 57 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce: 20 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce: 21 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Kickin' Bourbon Sauce & Marinade: 25 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Teriyaki Sauce & Marinade: 28 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- honey teriyaki mariade & sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue sauce: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Barbecue Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Barbecue Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Barbecue Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet 'n Spicy Barbecue Sauce: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Barbecue Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Chipotle Barbecue Sauce: 26 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Vidalia Onion Barbecue Sauce: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Steakhouse Sauce & Marinade: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Raspberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce: 25 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet 'n Spicy Barbecue Sauce: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey Barbecue Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Golden Mustard Barbecue Sauce: 22 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Hawaiian Style Barbecue Sauce: 13 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Honey barbecue wing sauce: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Smoked Chipotle Hot Sauce: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Buffalo barbecue: 26 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet baby ray's, barbecue sauce, sweet 'n spicy: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue sauce: 21 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Baby Ray's Award-winning Barbecue Sauce Original: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Barbecue Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Buffalo Wing Wing Sauce: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Barbecue: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Hickory & Brown Sugar Sauce Barbecue Sauce: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Creamy Buffalo Wing Dipping Sauce: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweet red chili marinade & sauce: 46 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweet baby ray's, marinade & sauce, tequila lime: 35 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Honey Mustard Dressing: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sriracha Wing Sauce & Glaze: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweet baby ray's, dipping sauce, creamy buffalo wing: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Secret dipping sauce: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweet baby ray's, dipping sauce, sweet 'n sour: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Garlic parmesan wing sauce: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Sweet Baby Ray's
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 32 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 Sweet Baby Ray's: closest on tracked product count (82 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (96/100 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 Sweet Baby Ray's food safe? ▼
Sweet Baby Ray's has an average safety score of 96/100 across the 63 of 82 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 58.7% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Sweet Baby Ray's products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 82 Sweet Baby Ray's products. 63 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 19 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Sweet Baby Ray's catalog? ▼
Sweet Baby Ray's has 62 NOVA-classified products; 98.4% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 61 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Sweet Baby Ray's catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Sweet Baby Ray's concentrates in Condiments (42, 98% of this top-five); Beverages and beverages preparations (1).
Does Sweet Baby Ray's use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Sweet Baby Ray'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 Sweet Baby Ray'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 Sweet Teriyaki Beef Jerky, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 34 scored Sweet Baby Ray's products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Sweet Baby Ray's's 96.0/100 average and 58.7% 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.
