What common grocery item(s) is it absolutely fine to buy the cheap/unbranded version of?

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Hard to say. Gotta check the labels because I've noticed a lot of the store brand items (especially at Walmart) have known carcinogens in the ingredients.

To be fair, so do a lot of name brands.

You're right. I was just referring to items where the generic version did but the name brand version didn't.

Do you mean stuff like preservatives, artificial colors, or things called out on Prop. 65 warnings? The one I've seen for the latter is acrylamide, which is formed naturally from cooking things. It's odd how it's labeled on some products and not others.