Whole Foods Market
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Whole Foods 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
Whole Foods Market averages 99.8/100 across the 1,250 of 1,892 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 3.4% 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.
- 99.8/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 1,250 scored products
- 1,892
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 3.4%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 50.3%
- 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 1,892 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Whole foods market, salted caramel mousse cake; Whole foods market, coconut raspberry cream cake; Dill Dip; 3.4% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 99.8/100. 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 1,250 of 1,892 tracked Whole Foods Market records (66.1%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 642 cannot be screened, so the 99.8/100 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 Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market: 1,892 products tracked, 1,250 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 99.8/100, 3.4% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 66.1% 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), Whole Foods Market's 3.4% flagged share is 14.6 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Whole Foods Market processing intensity
Whole Foods Market's NOVA-classified set is 1,116 products: 50.3% ultra-processed (Group 4, 561 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 561. That ultra-processed share sits 28 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Whole Foods Market shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Whole Foods Market concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (292, 35% of this top-five); Snacks (250); Condiments (128); Dairies (91); Meals (85).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 245 | 99.9/100 | 1.2% |
| Snacks | 240 | 99.9/100 | 2.1% |
| Condiments | 120 | 99.7/100 | 6.7% |
| Dairies | 81 | 99.8/100 | 4.9% |
| Meals | 75 | 99.5/100 | 9.3% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Whole Foods Market's 3.4% flagged share is measured across 1,250 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.
Whole Foods Market flagged share vs large-brand cohort
3.4% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
3% 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 (99.8/100) summarizes 1,250 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.
Whole Foods Market product score distribution
Brand average 99.8/100 across 1,250 scored products
100 2nd percentile sits above 2% of the 1,250 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
- 90–100
- 42 scored products (3%)
- 100 and above
- 1,208 scored products (97%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Whole Foods Market relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 1,250 Whole Foods Market products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 23. 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 | Whole Foods Market products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 23 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 19 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Polysorbate 80 | 2 | 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 Whole Foods 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 (30 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
- 30 ingredients
- Median score
- 95/100
The outlined point is Whole foods market, salted caramel mousse cake, 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
- Whole foods market, salted caramel mousse cake: 52 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Whole foods market, coconut raspberry cream cake: 53 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Dill Dip: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, korean bbq sauce: 38 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sauce, Peanut, Coconut: 28 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, organic date & fig nonfat greek yogurt: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Italian Soda, Apple Pear Ginger: 8 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Organic kansas city love barbecue sauce: 22 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Organic texas true barbecue sauce: 12 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Vanilla pizzelle waffle cookies, vanilla pizzelle: 20 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Applewood smoke turkey style deli slices: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Caffeine free cola: 6 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Organic medium mole negro sauce: 31 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Organic Turkey Gravy: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Vegetarian Butter Chick'n Naan Bites: 59 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Roasted Corn Poblano Chowder: 35 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, cauliflower & cheese soup: 44 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- General Tso's Chicken: 42 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Tiramisu Family Pack: 32 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Mini Cookie: 33 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Cinnamon Raisin Bagel 6 Count: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, chipotle cheddar dip: 37 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, horseradish cheddar dip: 33 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet Pepper Dip: 31 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, truffled ricotta asiago dip: 27 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Artichoke spinach: 32 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- All American Potato Salad: 46 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, bakehouse scones, cranberry, orange: 28 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, paleo butternut hummus: 10 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, macaroni & cheese: 41 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Macaroni & cheese: 42 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, tailgate slaw: 14 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, bbq chicken pizza: 48 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Greek Pizza: 43 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, blackeyed pea and collard green soup: 33 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, cheese tortelloni with pepper pesto: 67 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, falafel salad with green garbanzos: 45 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, smoked turkey cobb salsad: 39 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, strawberry spinach with raspberry vinaigrette: 29 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, organic caesar salad, chicken: 48 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Whole foods market, hotdog buns: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Hamburger Buns: 19 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Blueberry Flax Granola: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- 365 Egg whites: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Spelt, Lentils, and Brown Rice: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Red bliss potato salad: 36 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cheese Pizza: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Uncured Pepperoni Pizza: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sausage And Peppers Pizza: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cheese Pizza: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Whole Foods Market
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 1,842 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 Whole Foods Market: closest on tracked product count (1,892 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (99.8/100 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 Whole Foods Market food safe? ▼
Whole Foods Market has an average safety score of 100/100 across the 1,250 of 1892 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 3.4% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Whole Foods Market products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 1,892 Whole Foods Market products. 1,250 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 642 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Whole Foods Market catalog? ▼
Whole Foods Market has 1,116 NOVA-classified products; 50.3% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 561 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Whole Foods Market catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Whole Foods Market concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (292, 35% of this top-five); Snacks (250); Condiments (128); Dairies (91); Meals (85).
Does Whole Foods Market use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Whole Foods 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 Whole Foods 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 Whole foods market, salted caramel mousse cake, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (2) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 23 scored Whole Foods Market products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Whole Foods Market's 99.8/100 average and 3.4% 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.
