Unilever
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Unilever, 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
Unilever averages 75.1/100 across the 132 of 144 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 50.0% 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.
- 75.1/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 132 scored products
- 144
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 50.0%
- 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 144 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins The original cream pops; Popsicle SpongeBob 4 oz; Popsicle Spiderman 3.38 oz; 50.0% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 75.1/100. 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.
| Signal | Unilever | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 75.1/100 | Mid-range |
| Products tracked | 144 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 50.0% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Unilever
Unilever: 144 products tracked, 132 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 75.1/100, 50.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
50.0% of the scored Unilever products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. That distribution is the primary finding; the average does not make those affected formulations "mostly safe." Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Unilever sits 17.7 points below that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Unilever's 50.0% flagged share is 32 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Unilever processing intensity
Unilever's NOVA-classified set is 129 products: 98.4% ultra-processed (Group 4, 127 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 127. 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 Unilever shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Unilever concentrates in Desserts (58, 71% of this top-five); Fats (9); Beverages (6); Non food products (5); Meals (4).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desserts | 57 | 54/100 | 80.7% |
| Fats | 9 | 97.2/100 | 11.1% |
| Beverages | 6 | 80/100 | 66.7% |
| Meals | 4 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Non food products | 3 | 90/100 | 66.7% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Unilever's 50.0% flagged share is measured across 132 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.
Unilever flagged share vs large-brand cohort
50.0% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
50% 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%
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- 50%–60%
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- 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 (75.1/100) summarizes 132 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.
Unilever product score distribution
Brand average 75.1/100 across 132 scored products
75 34th percentile sits above 34% of the 132 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
- 13 scored products (10%)
- 10–20
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 20–30
- 9 scored products (7%)
- 40–50
- 2 scored products (2%)
- 50–60
- 13 scored products (10%)
- 60–70
- 3 scored products (2%)
- 70–80
- 8 scored products (6%)
- 80–90
- 4 scored products (3%)
- 90–100
- 13 scored products (10%)
- 100 and above
- 66 scored products (50%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Unilever relies most on Red 40, an industry staple
Across the 132 Unilever products scored here, Red 40 appears in 38. It is used by 2,397 other brands in this database (6.8% 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 | Unilever products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 38 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 31 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 19 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 18 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Yellow 5 | 17 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Polysorbate 80 | 14 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Caramel Coloring | 13 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 11 | 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 Unilever 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 (20 ingredients and 47.5/100) 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
- 20 ingredients
- Median score
- 47.5/100
The outlined point is The original cream pops, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (8). 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 original cream pops: 25 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 8 flagged.
- Popsicle SpongeBob 4 oz: 31 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Popsicle Spiderman 3.38 oz: 31 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 6 flagged.
- Popsicle, Pop Ups, Rainbow, Frozen Dairy Dessert, Raspberry, Orange, & Lemon-Lime, Flavored With Other Natural Flavor: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Popsicle, spongebob squarepants pop ups, lemon-lime, raspberry, orange flavored with other natural flavor frozen dairy dessert: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Sugar free ice pops: 24 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Popsicle, Ice Pops, Sugar Free, Naturally Flavored Orange, Naturally And Artificially Flavored Cherry And Grape, Low Calorie: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Marvel avengers ice pops: 27 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Popsicle, Ice Pops, Sugar Free, Naturally Flavored Orange, Naturally And Artificially Flavored Cherry And Grape, Low Calorie: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice Pops, Sugar Free, Orange, Cherry, Grape: 24 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Fudgsicle, fudge pops: 23 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 5 flagged.
- The Original Fudge Pops - No Sugar Added; Naturally: 24 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 5 flagged.
- Chocolate frozen dessert original fudge pops, chocolate: 24 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 5 flagged.
- Ice pops: 21 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Scribblers, Artificially Flavored Cherry, Watermelon: 21 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Rainbow, Grape, Strawberry, Apple, Orange, Pineapple: 17 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Ice pops: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Popsicle, Snow Cone, Strawberry, Blue Raspberry And Lemon, Artificially Flavored: 11 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Long lasting ice pops: 20 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Popsicle, Rainbow, Ice Pops, Lemonade, Blue Raspberry, Strawberry And Watermelon, Artificially Flavored: 21 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Popsicle, Jolly Rancher, Ice Pops, Grape, Cherry, Blue Raspberry And Green Apple, Artificially Flavored: 16 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Popsicle, Air Heads, Ice Pops, Strawberry, Blue Raspberry, Watermelon, White Mystery, Artificially Flavored: 20 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Popsicle, Sour Patch Kids, Ice Pops, Lime, Red Berry, Blue Raspberry With Other Natural Flavor: 18 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Popsicle, Big Stick, Ice Pops, Cherry Pineapple, Artificially Flavored: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Ice pops: 19 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Tropical paradise ice pops: 23 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Tropicals pops: 14 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- The original brand sugar free red classics ice pops: 13 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Popsicle, Sour Patch Kids, Raspberry Flavored Frozen Confection With Other Natural Flavors: 20 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Popsicle, Hello Kitty, Strawberry And Cherry Frozen Confection Naturally And Artificially Flavored: 20 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Shots micro sized ice beads: 19 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Maizena atole: 21 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- ICE POP: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- ICE POP: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Popsicle, Turbo Rocket, Red, White & Blue Pop, Cherry, Lemon & Blue Raspberry, Naturally And Artificially Flavored: 16 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Ice pops: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Ice pops: 20 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Popsicle, Red Classics, Ice Pops, Red Cherry, Red Strawberry And Red Raspberry, Artificially Flavored: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Popsicle, firecracker, ice pops, cherry, white lemon and blue raspberry: 18 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Popsicle, Tropical Paradise, Ice Pop, Mango, Naturally And Artificially Flavored: 14 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Big Stick, Naturally And Artificially Flavored: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Fortified Corn Starch Beverage Mix, Chocolate: 23 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Popsicle, Pop Ups, Frozen Dairy Dessert, Orange Burst, Orange Flavored Frozen Dairy Dessert: 19 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Popsicle, Cyclone, Ice Pop, Strawberry And Lemon, Naturally And Artificially Flavored: 19 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- knorr tomato bouillon with chicken flavor: 32 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Fruit & milk dessert bars: 21 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- The original fudge pops bars: 17 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- The original cream bars: 27 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Fudgsicle, The Original Fudge Bars, Chocolate, Low Fat; Chocolate Flavored Frozen Dessert: 17 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Creamsicle, The Original Ice Cream Bars, Orange N' Cream, Vanilla Flavored Low Fat Ice Cream Bar Coated With Orange Flavored Sherbet Artificial Color Added: 26 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
Products by Unilever
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 94 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 Unilever: closest on tracked product count (144 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (75.1/100 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 Unilever food safe? ▼
Unilever has an average safety score of 75/100 across the 132 of 144 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 50.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Unilever products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 144 Unilever products. 132 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 12 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Unilever catalog? ▼
Unilever has 129 NOVA-classified products; 98.4% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 127 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Unilever catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Unilever concentrates in Desserts (58, 71% of this top-five); Fats (9); Beverages (6); Non food products (5); Meals (4).
Does Unilever use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Unilever 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 Unilever 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 original cream pops, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (8) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Red 40 appears in 38 scored Unilever products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Unilever's 75.1/100 average and 50.0% 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.
