We analyzed 23 products from Great Value and found an average safety score of 62/100 (Grade: C). 30% of products contain seed oils, 0% have artificial colors, and 4% contain preservatives.
Great Value's average score of 62/100 is 1 points above the industry average of 61/100 (C).
These are the lowest-scoring products from Great Value — the ones with the most concerning ingredients.
| # | Product | Score | Flagged Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicken Flavored Pasta & Sauce | 13/100 | e100, e160c, e627, e631 |
| 2 | Crunchy Peanut Butter | 21/100 | e471 |
| 3 | Instant Oatmeal Fruit & Cream Flavor Variety Pack | 24/100 | e129, e132, e160b, e330, e340 |
| 4 | Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bars | 29/100 | e306, e322, e322i, e422 |
| 5 | Organic great value Dark chocolate chips | 30/100 | e322, e322i |
| 6 | Great Value chicken finger dipping sauce | 30/100 | None flagged |
| 7 | Oatmeal | 32/100 | e150c, e412 |
| 8 | Chewy granola bars variety count | 33/100 | e306, e322, e322i, e422 |
| 9 | Low Fat Yogurt Tubes | 45/100 | modified food starch, fructose, carrageenan, potassium sorbate |
| 10 | Freeze dried strawberry fruit crisps | 57/100 | None flagged |
Not everything from Great Value is bad. These are their cleanest options.
| # | Product | Score | Flagged Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Value Organic Ground Allspice, 1.6 oz | 100/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 2 | organic great value celery seed | 95/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 3 | Sardine in water | 90/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 4 | Sardines in Mustard Sauce | 90/100 | e260 |
| 5 | great-value | 90/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 6 | Ginger Turmeric herbal tea supplement | 88/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 7 | Instant Oatmeal-Maple and Brown Sugar | 88/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 8 | Instand White Rice | 84/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 9 | Bowtie Noodles | 84/100 | Clean label ✓ |
| 10 | Medium Black Olives | 84/100 | e579 |
These are the ingredients that appear most frequently across Great Value products and have been flagged by our analysis.
How often concerning ingredients show up across all Great Value products we tested.
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CheckIt AI. (2026). "Is Great Value Healthy? 62/100 Score — 23 Products Exposed | CheckIt AI". Climaverse PBC. Retrieved from https://getcheck.it/brand-exposed/great-value"Is Great Value Healthy? 62/100 Score — 23 Products Exposed | CheckIt AI." CheckIt AI, Climaverse PBC, 2026-03-05. https://getcheck.it/brand-exposed/great-value.<a href="https://getcheck.it/brand-exposed/great-value">Is Great Value Healthy? 62/100 Score — 23 Products Exposed | CheckIt AI — CheckIt AI</a>@misc{checkit2026brandexposedgreatvalue,
title = {Is Great Value Healthy? 62/100 Score — 23 Products Exposed | CheckIt AI},
author = {CheckIt AI},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Climaverse PBC},
url = {https://getcheck.it/brand-exposed/great-value},
note = {Retrieved 2026-03-05}
}