Beef Hearts
Beef Hearts appears in 115 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 Hearts appears in 115 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.
- 115
- catalogued products
- #2,845
- usage rank of 247,206
- 42
- named brands represented
- 16%
- 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
75.7% 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 Hearts as the trigger. Open records such as 1 slice hard salami 2 slices mild cheddar cheese; Beef cotto salami; Beef Hot Links Smoked Sausage and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 16% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
75.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 110 of 115 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 Hearts: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,845 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,845
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 115 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 16%
- Mean relative depth 16% across 115 parsed labels, slot 5.0 on average. Beef Hearts tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Beef Hearts
Across the 115 products on this site that list Beef Hearts, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 30.4x more often with Beef Hearts than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Beef Hearts products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 84 | 73% | 2.4% |
| BHA | 14 | 12.2% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 14 | 12.2% | 1.1% |
| Red 40 | 5 | 4.3% | 5.4% |
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 Hearts
Products Containing Beef Hearts
16 busy labels from the 115 indexed products that list Beef Hearts:
Beef Hearts vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Beef Hearts sits among other busy catalog rows (115 products, mean score 83.3/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural And Artificial Flavorings; Bamboo Fiber; Degermed Yellow Cornmeal. 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.
Next steps from the Beef Hearts page
Start from Beef Hearts's 115 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Beef Hearts before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Beef Hearts sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
75.7% 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 Hearts is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Beef Hearts? ▼
Beef Hearts ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,845 of 247,206), appearing in 115 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Beef Hearts so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Beef Hearts appears in 115 products (#2,845 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Beef Hearts). 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.