Basil Leaves
Basil Leaves appears in 61 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
Basil Leaves appears in 61 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.
- 61
- catalogued products
- #4,349
- usage rank of 247,206
- 34
- named brands represented
- 71%
- 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 Basil Leaves - usage rank #4,349
- Usage rank
- #4,349
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 39 others that also appear in exactly 61 products, listed in more products than 98.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 71%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 61 products listing it (mean slot 14.7). Basil Leaves usually falls in the lower 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. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 6.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Basil Leaves spans 34 named brands and is led by the Meals group. Start with Alejandra VS; All natural pepperoni, mozzarella cheese in a puff pastry pie; All Purpose Seasoned Salt when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.4/100 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 23 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 Basil Leaves
Products Containing Basil Leaves
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 61 indexed products containing Basil Leaves:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Natural And Artificial Flavours”)
High-volume peers for Basil Leaves: 61 products, mean screening score 98.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural And Artificial Flavours; Brazils; Butter Milk. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Basil Leaves evidence
Start from Basil Leaves's 61 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Basil Leaves and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare Basil Leaves with a peer such as “Natural And Artificial Flavours” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Basil Leaves? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Basil Leaves, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,349 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Basil Leaves? ▼
Basil Leaves ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,349 of 247,206), appearing in 61 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Basil Leaves so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Basil Leaves appears in 61 products (#4,349 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Basil Leaves). 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.