Balsamic
Balsamic appears in 27 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
Balsamic appears in 27 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.
- 27
- catalogued products
- #7,605
- usage rank of 247,206
- 15
- named brands represented
- 31%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 10 of 27 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 6 Soft White Finger Rolls; Balsamic fig dressing, balsamic fig; Balsamic Fig Vinaigrette to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 45–100 score range to Balsamic itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
10 of 27 linked records have some flagged component
All 27 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 45–100 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.
Balsamic sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,605 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,605
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 185 others that also appear in exactly 27 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 31%
- Averaged label depth puts Balsamic in the upper half of the list (31% of list length, mean slot 7.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
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 Balsamic
Products Containing Balsamic
16 busy labels from the 27 indexed products that list Balsamic:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Balsamic: 27 listings averaging 92/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Balsamic record
Use the 27-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Balsamic to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Balsamic 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 Balsamic. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Balsamic? ▼
Balsamic ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,605 of 247,206), appearing in 27 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Balsamic so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Balsamic appears in 27 products (#7,605 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Balsamic). 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.