Aloe vera
Aloe vera carries a source-backed screening score of 1/5 and appears in 64 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Avoid.”
Source-backed answer
Aloe vera appears in 64 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Avoid.” No FDA SAFFA status is attached. Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 64
- catalogued products
- #4,217
- usage rank of 248,027
- 40
- named brands represented
- 42%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
1/5 from FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine
Where Aloe vera sits among catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #4,217
- of 248,027 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 37 others that also appear in exactly 64 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 42%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 64 products listing it (mean slot 12.0). Aloe vera usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 248,027 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 7.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Aloe vera spans 40 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with All Natural Aloe Vera Bite Sized Pieces; Aloe Vera in Pire Water Wild Berry; Aloe Vera Juice when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 49 of 61 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
Function
Flavoring
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Source | Classification | Year |
|---|---|---|
| FDA SAFFA | Not listed | 2024 |
| CSPI Chemical Cuisine | Avoid | 2024 |
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 1/5 | 2026 |
| Product footprint | 64 products | OpenFoodFacts |
FDA SAFFA database, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, OpenFoodFacts product index. See methodology.
Products Containing Aloe vera
A sample of 16 of the 64 indexed products containing Aloe vera, with each product's overall safety score.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Aloe vera safe to eat? ▼
Aloe vera has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 1/5. CSPI rates it "Avoid." These labels are not a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific safety determination.
What products contain Aloe vera? ▼
Aloe vera is found in 64 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.
What does Aloe vera do in food? ▼
Aloe vera is used as a flavoring in food products.
Citation notes
Regulatory status from FDA SAFFA; safety ratings from CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence from Open Food Facts. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Ingredient figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
