Apple Extract

Apple Extract appears in 102 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

Apple Extract appears in 102 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.

102
catalogued products
#3,094
usage rank of 247,206
49
named brands represented
58%
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 Apple Extract - usage rank #3,094

Usage rank
#3,094
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 21 others that also appear in exactly 102 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
58%
Mean relative depth 58% across 102 parsed labels, slot 17.7 on average. Apple Extract tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

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.

Reading this ingredient record

Use prevalence before concern

Only 19.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Apple Extract spans 49 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Ajumma Republic Korean Bbq Sauce; Amp energy boost original citrus energy drink; Apple Harvest Pancake Syrup when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.5/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

49 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 93 of 99 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.

What else is usually in the same product as Apple Extract

Across the 102 products on this site that list Apple Extract, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Sucralose shows up about 2.6x more often with Apple Extract than in the catalogue at large.

Additive Shared products Share of Apple Extract products Share of all products
Sucralose 7 6.9% 2.7%
Carrageenan 7 6.9% 4.5%

Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.

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 Apple Extract

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 20406080100120 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Apple Extract
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Apple Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Apple Extract: 102 listings averaging 96.5/100. Nearest count peers include “Ada”, “Baby Corn”, “Organic Baby Greens”.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the Apple Extract evidence

102 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Apple Extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Apple Extract and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
  • Compare Apple Extract with a peer such as “Ada” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the 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 Apple Extract?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Apple Extract, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,094 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Apple Extract?

Apple Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,094 of 247,206), appearing in 102 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Apple Extract so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Apple Extract appears in 102 products (#3,094 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Apple Extract). 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.