Bison
Bison appears in 46 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
Bison appears in 46 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.
- 46
- catalogued products
- #5,260
- usage rank of 247,206
- 15
- named brands represented
- 2%
- 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 Bison - usage rank #5,260
- Usage rank
- #5,260
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 72 others that also appear in exactly 46 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 2%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 46 products listing it (mean slot 1.3). Bison 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 4.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Bison spans 15 named brands and is led by the Meats and their products group. Start with Beef & Bison Recipe; Bison And Beef Hot Dogs; Bison and Pork Stick when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
15 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 14 of 27 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 Bison
Products Containing Bison
16 busy labels from the 46 indexed products that list Bison:
Bison vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Bison: 46 listings averaging 99.3/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Bison evidence
46 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Bison are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Bison before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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 Bison? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Bison, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#5,260 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Bison? ▼
Bison ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,260 of 247,206), appearing in 46 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Bison so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Bison appears in 46 products (#5,260 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Bison). 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.