Food Safety Rankings

The safest and most-flagged brands and products across our index of 894,137 US food products, current as of August 2026. Among the 786 brands with 50+ scored products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its scored set), Totino's tops the list at 98.5% - 5.5× the cohort median.

Rankings recompute automatically as new products are indexed - they are not manually curated, sponsored, or promoted, and a brand's position can shift between refreshes.

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Ingredient-screening rankings across 894,137 US food products and 36,827 brands

PlainFoodSafe ranks brands and products from Open Food Facts labels joined to FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine flags. Average score across 407,933 scored products is 92.8/100; among brands with 50+ scored products, Totino's leads flagged share at 98.5%. These lists summarize the current source snapshot; they are not recalls, certifications, or medical advice.

92.8 avg score (scored set)
26 flagged additives
36,827 brands tracked

The short answer

Across 36,827 brands and 894,137 product records, the highest-ranked entries carry a 100/100 ingredient-screening score, while Totino's has a flagged additive in 98.5% of its scored products. Rankings summarize the current source snapshot; they are not recalls, certifications, or medical recommendations.

92.8
average score across 407,933 scored products: 98.5%
of Totino's's scored products carry a flagged additive, highest in the measured cohort: 26
additives drive every flag (FDA SAFFA + CSPI): 36,827
brands tracked (ranking minimums shown below)

Rankings draw on FDA food-additive status data and the Open Food Facts product database. Flagged-share brand rankings require 50+ scored products to qualify. Safety scores are a transparent derived index we compute from this public data, not an official FDA rating; see our methodology for how we classify and weight each ingredient.

Products tracked

894,137

407,933 scored

Brands tracked

36,827

Flagged additives

FDA / CSPI concern

Avg safety score

92.8/100

across 407,933 scored products

Among brands with 50+ scored products, the percentage of that scored set containing at least one flagged additive.

Share of each brand's scored products containing ≥1 flagged additive (brands with 50+ scored products). Source: Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI.

Chart values as text

Unit: percent of scored products. Data current as of August 2026.

Totino's: 98.5%
Kool-Aid: 98.4%
Buddig: 98.4%
Twizzlers: 98.3%
Trolli: 98.1%
Land O'Frost Inc.: 97.3%
Faygo: 96.4%
Airheads: 96.4%
Walden Farms: 94.4%
Brach's: 92.8%
Ghost: 92.6%
Crystal Light: 92.5%

Highest Average Scores

Brands with at least 10 scored products, ordered by average score and then scored-set size (bar = relative scored-set size).

#	Brand	Avg score	Scored	Catalog
1	Bob's Red Mill	100.0	498	551
2	Kind	100.0	328	511
3	Nature Valley	100.0	277	492
4	Clif	100.0	229	317
5	Beech-Nut	100.0	226	242
6	Organic Valley	100.0	193	240
7	Woodstock	100.0	176	231
8	Cadia	100.0	167	263
9	Vega	100.0	162	231
10	Häagen-Dazs	100.0	155	202
11	Back To Nature	100.0	147	172
12	Larabar	100.0	143	213
13	Thrive Market	100.0	137	295
14	The Pictsweet Company	100.0	128	128
15	Nature's Path	100.0	124	163
16	Orgain	100.0	122	255
17	Central Market	100.0	120	425
18	Belgioioso	100.0	119	192
19	Greenwise	100.0	118	341
20	Naked	100.0	109	190
21	Once Upon A Farm	100.0	109	135
22	Cascadian Farm	100.0	103	122
23	Clearly Organic	100.0	101	101
24	Suja	100.0	100	155
25	Sprout	100.0	100	137

Most Flagged Brands

Brands by share of scored products carrying a flagged additive (bar = flagged share). Requires 50+ scored products to qualify.

"Flagged" means at least one ingredient is on the FDA SAFFA or CSPI caution list, it is not a recall, a ban, or a danger rating, and this share is not adjusted for product-mix or category (a candy-heavy brand and a produce-heavy brand aren't directly comparable). See methodology.

#	Brand	Flagged %	Scored	Catalog
1	Totino's	98.5%	137	159
2	Kool-Aid	98.4%	125	146
3	Buddig	98.4%	61	78
4	Twizzlers	98.3%	58	72
5	Trolli	98.1%	103	186
6	Land O'Frost Inc.	97.3%	73	73
7	Faygo	96.4%	56	102
8	Airheads	96.4%	55	78
9	Walden Farms	94.4%	71	91
10	Brach's	92.8%	208	260
11	Ghost	92.6%	54	192
12	Crystal Light	92.5%	107	147
13	Purple Cow	92.3%	91	100
14	Trident	91.8%	98	151
15	Mt. Olive	91.4%	116	150
16	Nissin	91.2%	91	156
17	Prime	91.2%	57	140
18	Blue Bunny	91.0%	267	306
19	Ice Breakers	90.9%	55	91
20	The Jel Sert Company	90.8%	65	65
21	Charms	90.2%	51	84
22	Skittles	88.6%	70	146
23	M&M's	88.5%	122	188
24	Wilton	87.8%	419	497
25	Shasta	87.3%	63	78

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