Black Mustard Seeds
Black Mustard Seeds appears in 25 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
Black Mustard Seeds appears in 25 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.
- 25
- catalogued products
- #8,001
- usage rank of 247,206
- 8
- named brands represented
- 64%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 7 of 25 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Black forest ham and cheddar cheese sandwich; Chicken Coconut Curry; Chicken Coconut Curry With Basmati Rice to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 80–100 score range to Black Mustard Seeds itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
7 of 25 linked records have some flagged component
All 25 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 80–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Black Mustard Seeds sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#8,001 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #8,001
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 249 others that also appear in exactly 25 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 64%
- Mean relative depth 64% across 25 parsed labels, slot 22.7 on average. Black Mustard Seeds tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
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 Black Mustard Seeds
Products Containing Black Mustard Seeds
16 busy labels from the 25 indexed products that list Black Mustard Seeds:
Black Mustard Seeds vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Black Mustard Seeds: 25 listings averaging 97.4/100.
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 Black Mustard Seeds page
25 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Black Mustard Seeds are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Black Mustard Seeds 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
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Black Mustard Seeds carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Black Mustard Seeds. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Black Mustard Seeds? ▼
Black Mustard Seeds ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,001 of 247,206), appearing in 25 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Black Mustard Seeds so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Black Mustard Seeds appears in 25 products (#8,001 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Black Mustard Seeds). 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.