Compare Food Products Side by Side

Enter two product barcodes or UPCs to see PlainFoodSafe scores, flagged additive counts, and NOVA processing groups on the same screen. Figures come from our 894,137-record index, current as of September 2026. This is a descriptive registry comparison, not medical or dietary advice.

What this compare view answers

Side-by-side scores and additive flags for two products you choose, drawn from the same deterministic formula used on each product page. Use it to contrast alternatives in a shopping aisle or to bookmark a pairing via the shareable URL.

894,137
indexed product records
407,933
products with a scorable label
September 2026
source snapshot date

Which two food products should you compare?

Enter the barcode or UPC from each package. This comparison shows the same source-bounded label-screening fields for both records; it does not determine whether either product is medically, dietarily, or officially safe.

Find a barcode first Example: high-score vs high-flagged product

Scores aggregate FDA SAFFA status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings against each parsed ingredient. See methodology for the full formula. For distributions across the whole catalog, see statistics and analysis.

What to do with this comparison

Turn the comparison into a label check

Choose two package barcodes first, then use the same source fields to make a like-for-like comparison.

  • Find a named product or barcode first when you need the source record behind a comparison. Find a product barcode
  • Use ranked views to find a named additive or brand pattern, then return to individual records for the label-level evidence. Browse rankings
  • Read the scoring method before treating a difference as a food, medical, dietary, or recall conclusion. Read the methodology

This view compares stored label fields and source coverage from the current snapshot. It does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, medical safety, dietary suitability, or the current formulation of either package.

Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.