Anise Seed
Anise Seed appears in 53 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Anise Seed appears in 53 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 53
- catalogued products
- #4,779
- usage rank of 247,206
- 34
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Anise Seed - usage rank #4,779
- Usage rank
- #4,779
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 65 others that also appear in exactly 53 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Averaged label depth puts Anise Seed in the lower half of the list (73% of list length, mean slot 14.1). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 11.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Anise Seed spans 34 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 100% organic herbal tea; Anise almond biscotti; Anise Almond Biscotti when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
34 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 25 of 49 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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Anise Seed
Products Containing Anise Seed
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 53 indexed products containing Anise Seed:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “100% Pure Maple Syrup”)
High-volume peers for Anise Seed: 53 products, mean screening score 96.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 100% Pure Maple Syrup · Acido Citrico · Annatto Powder. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Anise Seed page
Start from Anise Seed's 53 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Anise Seed and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Anise Seed with a peer such as “100% Pure Maple Syrup” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Anise Seed? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Anise Seed, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,779 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Anise Seed? ▼
Anise Seed ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,779 of 247,206), appearing in 53 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Anise Seed so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Anise Seed appears in 53 products (#4,779 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Anise Seed). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.