The Fresh Market
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for The Fresh Market, 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
The Fresh Market averages 96.5/100 across the 271 of 550 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 13.3% 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.
- 96.5/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 271 scored products
- 550
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 13.3%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 62.9%
- 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 550 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray; The fresh market, dark chocolate non pareils; The fresh market, spring pretzels; 13.3% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 96.5/100. 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.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 271 of 550 tracked The Fresh Market records (49.3%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 279 cannot be screened, so the 96.5/100 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 The Fresh Market
The Fresh Market: 550 products tracked, 271 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 96.5/100, 13.3% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 49.3% 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), The Fresh Market's 13.3% flagged share is 4.7 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
The Fresh Market processing intensity
The Fresh Market's NOVA-classified set is 259 products: 62.9% ultra-processed (Group 4, 163 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 163. That ultra-processed share sits 15.4 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where The Fresh Market shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, The Fresh Market concentrates in Snacks (131, 55% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (57); Condiments (21); Meals (16); Dairies (14).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 127 | 93.3/100 | 20.5% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 46 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Condiments | 14 | 99.3/100 | 14.3% |
| Meals | 12 | 98.8/100 | 8.3% |
| Beverages | 9 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
The Fresh Market's 13.3% flagged share is measured across 271 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.
The Fresh Market flagged share vs large-brand cohort
13.3% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
13% 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 (96.5/100) summarizes 271 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.
The Fresh Market product score distribution
Brand average 96.5/100 across 271 scored products
97 12th percentile sits above 12% of the 271 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
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 10–20
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 20–30
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 50–60
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 60–70
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 70–80
- 17 scored products (6%)
- 80–90
- 9 scored products (3%)
- 90–100
- 5 scored products (2%)
- 100 and above
- 235 scored products (87%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
The Fresh Market relies most on Yellow 5, an industry staple
Across the 271 The Fresh Market products scored here, Yellow 5 appears in 11. It is used by 2,320 other brands in this database (6.6% 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 | The Fresh Market products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 11 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Titanium Dioxide | 8 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| Blue 1 | 5 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 5 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 4 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 4 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 6 | 4 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 2 | 2 | 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 The Fresh Market 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 85/100) 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
- 85/100
The outlined point is The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (4). 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
- The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray: 75 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- The fresh market, dark chocolate non pareils: 16 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- The fresh market, spring pretzels: 32 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Brown Butter Mushroom Chicken Meal: 62 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 3 flagged.
- The fresh market, bahama breeze: 22 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- The fresh market, gummi bears: 12 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- The fresh market, spooky eye gumballs: 19 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Red And Blue Raspberry Nonpareil: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Rocky Road Fudge: 24 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Fruit Filled Shells Candy: 11 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Fall Nonpareils: 16 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, fall gummi pumpkins candy: 14 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, halloween gummi worms: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, deluxe halloween mix: 26 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, fall candy corn: 18 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, sour jelly pumpkins: 11 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, candy corn taffy: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, gummi bears: 11 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, cherry juju hearts: 10 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Awesome Blossoms Candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, mini gummi butterflies: 13 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, jelly belly jewel spring mix: 27 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, winter wonderland mix: 51 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, turkey breast with broth, honey cured: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Sugar Free Chocolate Fudge: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Gummi Swirly Fish: 19 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, gummy missing body parts: 32 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, christmas tree gummi: 13 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, candy, strawberry hearts: 16 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, speckled malted milk eggs: 26 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Kale Soup With Chourico Sausage: 33 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Original Balsamic Glaze: 8 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whipped Light Cream: 9 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, banana chocolate cream pie: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- The fresh market, season's creetings: 48 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chocolate Whole Milk: 9 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Strawberry Licorice Wheels Candy, Strawberry: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Turkey Breast: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Raw Cashews: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Classic Style Pimento Cheese: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- The fresh market, classic style pimento cheese jalapeno: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sourdough Rolls: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mixed Root Vegetable Chips: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Roasted Salted: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Onion Roll: 29 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Brownie Bite Tub: 41 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Roasted Chicken Salad: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- French Butter Croissants 4 ct: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cinnamon Scones: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by The Fresh Market
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 500 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 The Fresh Market: closest on tracked product count (550 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (96.5/100 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 The Fresh Market food safe? ▼
The Fresh Market has an average safety score of 97/100 across the 271 of 550 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 13.3% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many The Fresh Market products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 550 The Fresh Market products. 271 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 279 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the The Fresh Market catalog? ▼
The Fresh Market has 259 NOVA-classified products; 62.9% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 163 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the The Fresh Market catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, The Fresh Market concentrates in Snacks (131, 55% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (57); Condiments (21); Meals (16); Dairies (14).
Does The Fresh Market use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which The Fresh Market 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 The Fresh Market 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 The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Yellow 5 appears in 11 scored The Fresh Market products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare The Fresh Market's 96.5/100 average and 13.3% 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.
