Wholesome
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Wholesome, 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
Wholesome averages 99.7/100 across the 82 of 101 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 1.2% 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.
- 99.7/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 82 scored products
- 101
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 1.2%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 56.1%
- 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 101 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Wholesome harvest, wasabi trail mix; Sweeteners, Demerara Turbinado Sugar; Sweeteners, Organic Fair Trade Sugar; 1.2% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 99.7/100. 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 | Wholesome | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 99.7/100 | Above-average |
| Products tracked | 101 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 1.2% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Wholesome
Wholesome: 101 products tracked, 82 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 99.7/100, 1.2% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Wholesome's labelled portfolio averages at least 95/100 in this snapshot. Open the individual rows before extending that aggregate to a specific package or formulation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Wholesome sits 6.9 points above that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Wholesome's 1.2% flagged share is 16.8 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Wholesome processing intensity
Wholesome's NOVA-classified set is 57 products: 56.1% ultra-processed (Group 4, 32 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 32. That ultra-processed share sits 22.2 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Wholesome shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Wholesome concentrates in Snacks (22, 35% of this top-five); Sweeteners (21); Plant-based foods and beverages (10); Breakfasts (6); Cooking helpers (4).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 19 | 98.7/100 | 5.3% |
| Sweeteners | 16 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 10 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Breakfasts | 6 | 100/100 | 0% |
| Condiments | 3 | 100/100 | 0% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Wholesome's 1.2% flagged share is measured across 82 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.
Wholesome flagged share vs large-brand cohort
1.2% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
1% 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 (99.7/100) summarizes 82 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.
Wholesome product score distribution
Brand average 99.7/100 across 82 scored products
100 1st percentile sits above 1% of the 82 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
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 100 and above
- 81 scored products (99%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Wholesome relies most on Yellow 5, an industry staple
Across the 82 Wholesome products scored here, Yellow 5 appears in 1. 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 | Wholesome products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| 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 Wholesome 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 (1 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
- 1 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Wholesome harvest, wasabi trail mix, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (1). 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
- Wholesome harvest, wasabi trail mix: 31 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweeteners, Demerara Turbinado Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweeteners, Organic Fair Trade Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Salted butter, salted: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Sucanat: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Blue Agave: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic blue agave nectar packets: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Blue Agave: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Blue Agave: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw Blue Agave Sweetener: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw Blue Agave Nectar: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw Blue Agave 2yrs prod: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw Sweeteners: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw Blue Agave: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw Blue Agave: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wholesome organic light corn syrup: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Sucanat Dehydrated Cane Juice: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Powdered Confectioners Sugar: 2 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic cane sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Cane Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic raw cane turbinado sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Light Brown Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Fair Trade Cane Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Cane Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Natural Raw Cane Turbinado Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Natural Raw Cane Turbinado Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Natural Cane Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cane Sugar Regenerative Organic Certified: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Molasses: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic chocolate frosting: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wholesome!, organic frosting, wild white strawberry: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Vanilla Frosting: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw & Unfiltered White Honey 2yrs prod: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Wholesome Honey: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Raw Unfiltered Honey: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Coconut Palm Sugar: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Stevia: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Sweeteners: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Stevia Sweeteners: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Stevia: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Stevia: 4 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Allulose: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Allulose Zero Calorie Sweetener: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Organic Apple Raisin Oatmeal: 10 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Nut Mix: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Beef Meal & Rice Recipe: 38 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wholesome harvest, stone ground whole wheat bread: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wholesome harvest, 9 grain & seed loaf: 32 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Walnut Baker's Pieces: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Wholesome pantry, organic whole kernel corn: 3 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Wholesome
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 51 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 Wholesome: closest on tracked product count (101 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (99.7/100 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 Wholesome food safe? ▼
Wholesome has an average safety score of 100/100 across the 82 of 101 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 1.2% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Wholesome products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 101 Wholesome products. 82 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 19 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Wholesome catalog? ▼
Wholesome has 57 NOVA-classified products; 56.1% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 32 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Wholesome catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Wholesome concentrates in Snacks (22, 35% of this top-five); Sweeteners (21); Plant-based foods and beverages (10); Breakfasts (6); Cooking helpers (4).
Does Wholesome use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Wholesome 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 Wholesome 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 Wholesome harvest, wasabi trail mix, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (1) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Yellow 5 appears in 1 scored Wholesome products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Wholesome's 99.7/100 average and 1.2% 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.
