Belgian Chocolate
Belgian Chocolate appears in 38 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
Belgian Chocolate appears in 38 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.
- 38
- catalogued products
- #6,007
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 13%
- 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 Belgian Chocolate - usage rank #6,007
- Usage rank
- #6,007
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 118 others that also appear in exactly 38 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 13%
- Averaged label depth puts Belgian Chocolate near the top of the captured list (13% of list length, mean slot 3.1). 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 2.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Belgian Chocolate spans 10 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Belgian Chocolate Pudding; Belgian Chocolate Pudding; Belgian Milk Chocolate when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
10 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 38 of 38 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 Belgian Chocolate
Products Containing Belgian Chocolate
High-volume slice (16 of 38) for products naming Belgian Chocolate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Belgian Chocolate sits among other busy catalog rows (38 products, mean score 99.9/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Belgian Chocolate record
Start from Belgian Chocolate's 38 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Belgian Chocolate 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. Browse ingredient records
- 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
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Belgian Chocolate? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Belgian Chocolate, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#6,007 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Belgian Chocolate? ▼
Belgian Chocolate ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,007 of 247,206), appearing in 38 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Belgian Chocolate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Belgian Chocolate appears in 38 products (#6,007 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Belgian Chocolate). 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.