Bean Thread
Bean Thread appears in 16 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
Bean Thread appears in 16 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.
- 16
- catalogued products
- #10,944
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 15%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
68.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Bean Thread as the trigger. Open records such as Annie chun's, chicken & cilantro mini wontons; BEEF BULGOGI MANDU; Curry Flavor Spring Roll and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 96.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 15% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
68.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 14 of 16 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
High-volume listing for Bean Thread - usage rank #10,944
- Usage rank
- #10,944
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 504 others that also appear in exactly 16 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 15%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 16 products listing it (mean slot 4.4). Bean Thread usually falls near the top of the captured 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.
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 Bean Thread
Products Containing Bean Thread
High-volume slice (16 of 16) for products naming Bean Thread:
High-volume peers for Bean Thread
Top-decile company for Bean Thread: 16 listings averaging 96.6/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Bean Thread evidence
Use the 16-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Bean Thread 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. Compare a peer
- 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 Bean Thread
How should I read safety signals when Bean Thread sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
68.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Bean Thread is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Bean Thread? ▼
Bean Thread ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,944 of 247,206), appearing in 16 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Bean Thread so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Bean Thread appears in 16 products (#10,944 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Bean Thread). 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.