Tropical
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Tropical, 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
Tropical averages 96.2/100 across the 54 of 84 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 29.6% 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.
- 96.2/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 54 scored products
- 84
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 29.6%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 48.1%
- 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 84 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Gelatin Dessert With Fruit; Banana Flavored Soda, Banana; Morcilla Blood Pudding; 29.6% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 96.2/100. 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 54 of 84 tracked Tropical records (64.3%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 30 cannot be screened, so the 96.2/100 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 Tropical
Tropical: 84 products tracked, 54 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 96.2/100, 29.6% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 64.3% 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), Tropical's 29.6% flagged share is 11.6 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Tropical processing intensity
Tropical's NOVA-classified set is 54 products: 48.1% ultra-processed (Group 4, 26 items) with Group 3 (processed foods) largest at 28. That ultra-processed share sits 30.2 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Tropical shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Tropical concentrates in Dairies (10, 63% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (3); Beverages and beverages preparations (1); Meats and their products (1); Seafood (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairies | 10 | 99.5/100 | 10% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 3 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Tropical's 29.6% flagged share is measured across 54 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.
Tropical flagged share vs large-brand cohort
29.6% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
30% 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 (96.2/100) summarizes 54 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.
Tropical product score distribution
Brand average 96.2/100 across 54 scored products
96 24th percentile sits above 24% of the 54 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 (4%)
- 80–90
- 8 scored products (15%)
- 90–100
- 6 scored products (11%)
- 100 and above
- 38 scored products (70%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Tropical uses most
Across the 54 Tropical products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 8. Only 1,491 other brands here use it (4.2%), which makes it a more particular choice than the flags that dominate the catalogue. 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 | Tropical products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 8 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Carrageenan | 6 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Aspartame | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 6 | 1 | 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 Tropical 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 (6 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
- 6 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Gelatin Dessert With Fruit, 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
- Gelatin Dessert With Fruit: 18 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Banana Flavored Soda, Banana: 8 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Morcilla Blood Pudding: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Honduran Brand Cured Pork Sausage: 19 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Salvadorian Brand Cured Pork Sausage: 17 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cured Pork Sausage: 19 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Peruvian Brand Cured Pork Sausage: 16 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chorizo Argentino, Cured Sausages: 10 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cooked Ham: 9 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Corte Clasico: 12 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Tropical, sandwich slices: 22 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Drinkable Lowfat Yogurt: 15 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pizza Topping Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Mexican Topping Shredded Blend Cheese: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Cultured Sour Cream: 6 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Grade A Tropical Cream: 5 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Fresh White Cheese: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Longhorn Style Cheddar Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Medium Cheddar Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sharp Cheddar Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pepper Jack Cheese: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Monterey Jack Cheese: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Queso Blanco A Fresh White Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Edam Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Gouda Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Quese Blanco: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Grillin Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fresh White Frying With Jalapeo Cheese: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Queso Cremita: 7 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Colombian-Style Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Queso Fresco Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Queso Fresco: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- A Semi-Soft Basket Cheese: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Queso Fresco Authentic Mexican-Style Fresh Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fresh Cheese In Banana Leaf: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Centroamerican Roja Cheese: 8 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Not Product Description Listed: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Centroamerican Roja Cheese: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- QUESO FRESCO en Hoja de PLATANO: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Peruvian-Style Cheese: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Oaxaca, Authentic Mexican-Style String Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- GRATED COTIJA: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Slices Swiss: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pepper Jack Slices: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Provolone Cheese Slices: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Muenster Cheese: 5 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Swiss Cheese: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Fancy Shredded Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese: 9 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mexican Shredded Cheese Blend: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cooked Salami: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Tropical
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 34 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 Tropical: closest on tracked product count (84 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (96.2/100 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 Tropical food safe? ▼
Tropical has an average safety score of 96/100 across the 54 of 84 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 29.6% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Tropical products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 84 Tropical products. 54 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 30 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Tropical catalog? ▼
Tropical has 54 NOVA-classified products; 48.1% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 26 items) and Group 3 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Tropical catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Tropical concentrates in Dairies (10, 63% of this top-five); Plant-based foods and beverages (3); Beverages and beverages preparations (1); Meats and their products (1); Seafood (1).
Does Tropical use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Tropical 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 Tropical 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 Gelatin Dessert With Fruit, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 8 scored Tropical products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Tropical's 96.2/100 average and 29.6% 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.
