Original data research from the PlainFoodSafe editorial team. Every number here is pulled directly from our live database; nothing is hardcoded.
PlainFoodSafe ranks food additives flagged by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) or under FDA regulatory action by how many products in the Open Food Facts database contain them.
PlainFoodSafe catalogues enacted US state legislation restricting specific food additives, California AB 418, the California School Food Safety Act, and adjacent state actions.
PlainFoodSafe ranks food brands appearing in the Open Food Facts catalog by the aggregate of safety scores across their products, weighted by product count and flagged-additive presence.
How much of the indexed US packaged-food catalogue is ultra-processed (NOVA Group 4), and how that overlaps with the flagged additives concentrated in those products.
How many indexed products contain each of the six dyes the FDA is phasing out by 2027, and how far the food companies that make them have committed to removal.
Every number is pulled directly from our live database and traceable to its source row, drawn from Open Food Facts product data overlaid with FDA SAFFA status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the full pipeline.