Pantry & Oils Food Quality Guide
Pantry staples and cooking oils are evaluated on fat quality, sodium and overall nutrition per serving, alongside ingredient transparency. Longevity and Food Integrity can diverge when a simple oil or canned good is high in sodium but short on additives. This page summarizes 3 published pantry & oils products currently analyzed by Food Quality Guide, with links to each individual breakdown.
Category summary
- Pantry & Oils products analyzed
- 3
- Scored on both measures
- 3
- Median Longevity Score
- 75/100
- Median Food Integrity Score
- 62/100
- Scoring 80+ on both
- 1
- Brands represented
- 2
- 3 pantry & oils products analyzed with both Longevity and Food Integrity scores.
- 1 score at least 80 on both measures.
- Highest Longevity Score in this category: 98/100 (Trader Joe's Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup).
- Highest Food Integrity Score in this category: 95/100 (Trader Joe's Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup).
- Median scores across analyzed pantry & oils products: Longevity 75/100, Food Integrity 62/100.
- 2 brands represented in this category page.
How the two scores differ
- Longevity Score
- Evaluates nutrition-related characteristics relevant to longer-term eating patterns. Longevity methodology
- Food Integrity Score
- Evaluates ingredient composition, processing and related ingredient-quality considerations. Food Integrity methodology
Food Integrity examines characteristics such as ingredients, processing and additive concerns, while Longevity evaluates nutrition-related characteristics associated with longer-term eating patterns. Because the two analyses answer different questions, a product can perform differently under each.
Top Pantry & Oils Products
Ranked by the weaker of the two scores.
Products in this section perform strongly under both Food Quality Guide scoring lenses; ranking favors the weaker of the two scores so a very high result in one dimension does not conceal a substantially lower result in the other.
- Rank 1
Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup
Exceptional Choice
- Longevity Score
- 98/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 95/100
Longevity analysis for Trader Joe's Organic Lentil Vegetable SoupFood Integrity analysis for Trader Joe's Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup
- Rank 2
Spicy & Sweet Picanté Peppers
Choose Occasionally
- Longevity Score
- 75/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 62/100
Longevity analysis for Trader Joe's Spicy & Sweet Picanté PeppersFood Integrity analysis for Trader Joe's Spicy & Sweet Picanté Peppers
- Rank 3
Cooking Spray, Canola Oil
Limit When Possible
- Longevity Score
- 70/100
- Food Integrity Score
- 42/100
Longevity analysis for Kirkland Signature Cooking Spray, Canola OilFood Integrity analysis for Kirkland Signature Cooking Spray, Canola Oil
All analyzed Pantry & Oils products
3 analyzed products, ranked by balanced score (weaker of Longevity and Food Integrity scores).
- Organic Lentil Vegetable SoupLongevity Score 98/100 · Food Integrity Score 95/100Longevity analysis for Trader Joe's Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup · Food Integrity analysis for Trader Joe's Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup
- Spicy & Sweet Picanté PeppersLongevity Score 75/100 · Food Integrity Score 62/100Longevity analysis for Trader Joe's Spicy & Sweet Picanté Peppers · Food Integrity analysis for Trader Joe's Spicy & Sweet Picanté Peppers
- Cooking Spray, Canola OilLongevity Score 70/100 · Food Integrity Score 42/100Longevity analysis for Kirkland Signature Cooking Spray, Canola Oil · Food Integrity analysis for Kirkland Signature Cooking Spray, Canola Oil