Beef Broth
Beef Broth appears in 606 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
Beef Broth appears in 606 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.
- 606
- catalogued products
- #906
- usage rank of 247,206
- 178
- named brands represented
- 32%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
52.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Beef Broth as the trigger. Open records such as All natural beef broth; All Purpose Beef Broth, Beef; Argentina, Corned Beef and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 96.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 32% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 556 of 600 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.
Beef Broth sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#906 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #906
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 623 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 32%
- Mean relative depth 32% across 623 parsed labels, slot 12.9 on average. Beef Broth tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 else is usually in the same product as Beef Broth
Across the 606 products on this site that list Beef Broth, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 8.5x more often with Beef Broth than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Beef Broth products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 294 | 48.5% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 23 | 3.8% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 15 | 2.5% | 4.5% |
| BHT | 9 | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| BHA | 6 | 1% | 0.7% |
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 Beef Broth
Products Containing Beef Broth
16 busy labels from the 606 indexed products that list Beef Broth:
Beef Broth vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Beef Broth sits among other busy catalog rows (606 products, mean score 96.3/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Alpha Tocopherol Acetate; As Preservative; Tara Gum. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Beef Broth record
Use the 606-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 Beef Broth to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Beef Broth sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Beef Broth is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Beef Broth? ▼
Beef Broth ranks in the top decile by product count (#906 of 247,206), appearing in 606 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Beef Broth so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Beef Broth appears in 606 products (#906 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Beef Broth). 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.