Bagel

Bagel appears in 28 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

Bagel appears in 28 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.

28
catalogued products
#7,422
usage rank of 247,206
10
named brands represented
4%
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.

Reading this ingredient record

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 13 of 28 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bagels; Combination topped with mozzarella, sausage and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, combination; Gluten Free Bagel Chips to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 55–100 score range to Bagel itself. The ingredient most often sits near the top of the captured list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

13 of 28 linked records have some flagged component

All 28 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 55–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.

Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.

High-volume listing for Bagel - usage rank #7,422

Usage rank
#7,422
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 182 others that also appear in exactly 28 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
4%
Averaged label depth puts Bagel near the top of the captured list (4% of list length, mean slot 2.2). 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 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 Bagel

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 5060708090100110 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Bagel
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.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass

Top-decile company for Bagel: 28 listings averaging 83.6/100.

Similar mean product score

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

Using the Bagel evidence

Start from Bagel's 28 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Check the listed products containing Bagel before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Bagel

Does Bagel carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Bagel. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Bagel?

Bagel ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,422 of 247,206), appearing in 28 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Bagel so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Bagel appears in 28 products (#7,422 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Bagel). 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.