Winco Foods
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Winco Foods, 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
Winco Foods averages 93.5/100 across the 464 of 1,015 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 23.7% 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.
- 93.5/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 464 scored products
- 1,015
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 23.7%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 69.5%
- 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 1,015 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Winco foods, tortilla chips, spicy nacho cheese; Winco foods, instant pudding & pie filling, sugar free, chocolate; Winco foods, nacho cheese, naturally flavored tortilla chips; 23.7% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 93.5/100. 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 464 of 1,015 tracked Winco Foods records (45.7%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 551 cannot be screened, so the 93.5/100 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 Winco Foods
Winco Foods: 1,015 products tracked, 464 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 93.5/100, 23.7% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 45.7% 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), Winco Foods's 23.7% flagged share is 5.7 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Winco Foods processing intensity
Winco Foods's NOVA-classified set is 430 products: 69.5% ultra-processed (Group 4, 299 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 299. That ultra-processed share sits 8.8 points below the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Winco Foods shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Winco Foods concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (195, 49% of this top-five); Snacks (76); Dairies (56); Condiments (53); Meats and their products (16).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 136 | 99.2/100 | 3.7% |
| Snacks | 66 | 90.6/100 | 18.2% |
| Condiments | 46 | 96.1/100 | 37% |
| Dairies | 36 | 98.1/100 | 33.3% |
| Meats and their products | 13 | 87.3/100 | 84.6% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Winco Foods's 23.7% flagged share is measured across 464 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.
Winco Foods flagged share vs large-brand cohort
23.7% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
24% 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 (93.5/100) summarizes 464 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.
Winco Foods product score distribution
Brand average 93.5/100 across 464 scored products
94 18th percentile sits above 18% of the 464 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
- 7 scored products (2%)
- 10–20
- 3 scored products (1%)
- 20–30
- 4 scored products (1%)
- 30–40
- 5 scored products (1%)
- 40–50
- 4 scored products (1%)
- 50–60
- 3 scored products (1%)
- 60–70
- 5 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 11 scored products (2%)
- 80–90
- 16 scored products (3%)
- 90–100
- 52 scored products (11%)
- 100 and above
- 354 scored products (76%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Winco Foods relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 464 Winco Foods products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 41. 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 | Winco Foods products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 41 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Yellow 5 | 25 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 21 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 1 | 18 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Titanium Dioxide | 17 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| Red 40 | 15 | 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 |
| Yellow 6 | 12 | 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 Winco Foods 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 (17 ingredients and 52.5/100) 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
- 17 ingredients
- Median score
- 52.5/100
The outlined point is Winco foods, tortilla chips, spicy nacho cheese, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (7). 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
- Winco foods, tortilla chips, spicy nacho cheese: 51 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Winco foods, instant pudding & pie filling, sugar free, chocolate: 20 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Winco foods, nacho cheese, naturally flavored tortilla chips: 32 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Winco foods, instant butterscotch pudding & pie filli, butterscotch: 17 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Winco foods, sugar free instant pudding & pie filling, vanilla: 17 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Winco foods, gelatin dessert, lime: 18 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Gelatin Dessert, Raspberry: 17 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Winco foods, sharks fruit flavored snacks: 22 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Winco foods, tortilla chips, zesty ranch: 39 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Instant chocolate pudding filling: 18 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Instant Pistachio Pudding & Pie Filling: 20 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Raspberry gelatin: 16 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Mini marshmallows: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Marshmallow treasures frosted whole grain oat: 27 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Winco foods, instant pudding & pie filling, banana cream: 16 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Instant vanilla pudding: 17 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Lime Gelatin Mix: 16 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Instant vanilla: 17 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Banana Cream: 18 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Whole Dill Pickles: 10 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Whole Kosher Dill Pickles: 9 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Baby dill pickles: 9 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Winco foods, gelatin dessert, strawberry: 16 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Thin-crust Pepperoni Pizza: 22 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Orange Cream Bars: 23 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Winco foods, onion gravy mix, onion: 35 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Winco foods, brown gravy mix: 24 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Macaroni & Cheese Bites: 94 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Winco foods, variety pack fruit flavored snacks, grape, cherry & strawberry: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Waffles: 39 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Fruit and cream instant oatmeal: 45 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Spicy Hot Pork Sausage, Spicy Hot: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Wild Cherry: 8 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Raspberry Blackberry Flavored Sparkling Water: 8 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Sweet Relish: 16 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Spear Dill Pickles: 7 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Sandwich Sliced Dill Pickles: 8 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Sweet Bread and Butter Chips: 10 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Winco foods, busseto foods, prosciutto ham: 8 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Instant Hot Cocoa: 10 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Winco foods, country with sausage gravy mix: 40 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Winco foods, sliced pastrami: 15 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Winco foods, turkey breast smoked sliced: 15 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Artificially Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream: 16 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Whipping Cream: 5 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Heavy Whipping Cream: 5 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Extra Heavy Whipping Cream: 5 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Worcestershire Sauce: 14 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Winco foods, tortilla chips: 34 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Winco foods, toaster pastries, frosted blueberry: 39 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Winco Foods
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 965 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 Winco Foods: closest on tracked product count (1,015 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (93.5/100 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 Winco Foods food safe? ▼
Winco Foods has an average safety score of 94/100 across the 464 of 1015 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 23.7% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Winco Foods products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 1,015 Winco Foods products. 464 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 551 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Winco Foods catalog? ▼
Winco Foods has 430 NOVA-classified products; 69.5% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 299 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Winco Foods catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Winco Foods concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (195, 49% of this top-five); Snacks (76); Dairies (56); Condiments (53); Meats and their products (16).
Does Winco Foods use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Winco Foods 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 Winco Foods 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 Winco foods, tortilla chips, spicy nacho cheese, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (7) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 41 scored Winco Foods products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Winco Foods's 93.5/100 average and 23.7% 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.
