TGI Friday's
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for TGI Friday'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
TGI Friday's averages 88.1/100 across the 89 of 920 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 52.8% 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.
- 88.1/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 89 scored products
- 920
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 52.8%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 94.3%
- 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 920 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Tgi fridays, frozen filings cake pops, sea salt, caramel, sea salt, caramel; Tgi fridays bacon ranch potato skins snacks; Dark chocolate cookie crust, dark chocolate; 52.8% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 88.1/100. 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 89 of 920 tracked TGI Friday's records (9.7%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 831 cannot be screened, so the 88.1/100 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 TGI Friday's
TGI Friday's: 920 products tracked, 89 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 88.1/100, 52.8% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 9.7% 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), TGI Friday's's 52.8% flagged share is 34.8 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
TGI Friday's processing intensity
TGI Friday's's NOVA-classified set is 88 products: 94.3% ultra-processed (Group 4, 83 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 83. That ultra-processed share sits 16 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where TGI Friday's shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, TGI Friday's concentrates in Beverages and beverages preparations (472, 63% of this top-five); Appetizers-sides (104); Entrees (74); Sandwiches (74); Toppings-ingredients (30).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen foods | 18 | 90.6/100 | 77.8% |
| Snacks | 15 | 86/100 | 40% |
| Desserts | 10 | 63/100 | 90% |
| Condiments | 9 | 97.8/100 | 22.2% |
| Dairies | 3 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
TGI Friday's's 52.8% flagged share is measured across 89 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.
TGI Friday's flagged share vs large-brand cohort
52.8% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
53% 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
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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 (88.1/100) summarizes 89 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.
TGI Friday's product score distribution
Brand average 88.1/100 across 89 scored products
88 19th percentile sits above 19% of the 89 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
- 3 scored products (3%)
- 20–30
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 40–50
- 3 scored products (3%)
- 50–60
- 3 scored products (3%)
- 70–80
- 2 scored products (2%)
- 80–90
- 10 scored products (11%)
- 90–100
- 25 scored products (28%)
- 100 and above
- 42 scored products (47%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
TGI Friday's relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 89 TGI Friday's products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 27. 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 | TGI Friday's products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 27 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 13 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sodium Nitrite | 8 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Yellow 5 | 8 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Titanium Dioxide | 7 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| Yellow 6 | 6 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 5 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 4 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
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 TGI Friday'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 (40 ingredients and 90/100) 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
- 40 ingredients
- Median score
- 90/100
The outlined point is Tgi fridays, frozen filings cake pops, sea salt, caramel, sea salt, caramel, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (14). 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
- Tgi fridays, frozen filings cake pops, sea salt, caramel, sea salt, caramel: 76 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 14 flagged.
- Tgi fridays bacon ranch potato skins snacks: 45 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Dark chocolate cookie crust, dark chocolate: 53 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Potato Skins Style Snack Crisps Cheddar & Bacon: 39 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Tgi fridays, crumb crust mud pie, peanut butter & jelly, peanut butter & jelly: 77 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Dill Pickle Chips With Horseradish Dip: 17 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- This Friday's cheddar and sour cream peg pag: 41 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Quesadilla Rolls, Chicken & Cheese: 81 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Potato skins: 39 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Tgi fridays, potato skins, chedder & bacon, chedder & bacon: 40 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Chocolate dipped whoopie pies, red velvet fluffy cream cheese: 43 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Loaded Potato Bites, Bacon & Ranch: 55 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Tgi fridays, iced cake bites, zesty lemon, vanilla, zesty lemon, vanilla: 57 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Boneless Chicken Bites: 45 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Boneless chicken bites, sweet & smoky: 74 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero: 34 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Chicken Wings Buffalo Style: 22 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Honey Bbq Chicken Wings Sauce: 34 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Tgi fridays, whiskey cake: 31 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Whiskey Glazed Chicken Roasted White Meat Chicken Strips In A Whiskey Glaze With Roasted Red Potatoes, Chopped Bits Of Bacon, And Peppers And Onions, Whiskey Glazed Chicken: 40 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Loaded Fries, Cheese & Bacon: 35 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Potato Skins, Cheddar & Bacon: 44 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Loaded Potato Skins Cheddar & Bacon: 44 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cheddar & bacon potato skins, cheddar & bacon: 44 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Roasted Tomato Bisque, Bacon, Parmesan: 55 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sauce, Garlic & Cheese: 50 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream: 46 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake bites dessert, chocolate raspberry, chocolate raspberry: 54 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Creamy Lemon Chicken Breaded White Meat Chicken In A Creamy Lemon Butter Sauce With Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Creamy Lemon Chicken: 70 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- T i friday's poppers cheddar cheese stuffed jalapenos: 56 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Crispy Breading Stuffed Jalapenos: 34 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Cream cheese stuffed jalapenos: 32 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Loaded Potato Skins, Bbq Pulled Pork: 62 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chicken Wings: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Buffalo Style Chicken Wings: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Tgi fridays chicken wings: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Potato Mash: 24 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Smashed Potatoes With Bacon: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Aged Cheddar Smashed Potatoes: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whiskey sauce: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- TGI FRIDAYS Potato Skins Sour Cream & Onion: 40 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Potato skins, Sour Cream & Onion: 39 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Onion Rings: 31 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Tgi fridays, potato skins snacks, baby back ribs, baby back ribs: 29 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Potato Skins Snack Chips: 39 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Potato skins, bacon ranch: 40 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Cake bites, chocolate: 37 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Southwestern Style Beef With White Grain Rice With Tomatoes, Corn, Peppers, Monterey-Jack Cheese In A Southwestern- Style Sauce, Southwestern Style Beef & Rice: 47 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cream cheese frozen stuffed jalapenos poppers: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spinach & Artichoke Cheese Dip: 11 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by TGI Friday's
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 870 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 TGI Friday's: closest on tracked product count (920 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (88.1/100 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 TGI Friday's food safe? ▼
TGI Friday's has an average safety score of 88/100 across the 89 of 920 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 52.8% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many TGI Friday's products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 920 TGI Friday's products. 89 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 831 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the TGI Friday's catalog? ▼
TGI Friday's has 88 NOVA-classified products; 94.3% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 83 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the TGI Friday's catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, TGI Friday's concentrates in Beverages and beverages preparations (472, 63% of this top-five); Appetizers-sides (104); Entrees (74); Sandwiches (74); Toppings-ingredients (30).
Does TGI Friday's use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which TGI Friday'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 TGI Friday'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 Tgi fridays, frozen filings cake pops, sea salt, caramel, sea salt, caramel, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (14) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 27 scored TGI Friday's products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare TGI Friday's's 88.1/100 average and 52.8% 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.
