Black Pepper Extract
Black Pepper Extract appears in 134 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 Pepper Extract appears in 134 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.
- 134
- catalogued products
- #2,547
- usage rank of 247,206
- 56
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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.
Black Pepper Extract: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,547 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,547
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 16 others that also appear in exactly 134 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Averaged label depth puts Black Pepper Extract near the end of the captured list (78% of list length, mean slot 17.6). 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 9.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Black Pepper Extract spans 56 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 1st Phorm, Megawatt Strawberry Lemonade; Aged White Cheddar Puffs; Air Fryer Oil when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
56 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 117 of 130 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 Black Pepper Extract
Products Containing Black Pepper Extract
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 134 indexed products containing Black Pepper Extract:
Black Pepper Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Black Pepper Extract: 134 listings averaging 98.8/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Acide Citrique · Aged Red Peppers · Calcium Acid Pyrophosphate.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Black Pepper Extract record
Start from Black Pepper Extract's 134 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Black Pepper Extract before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
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 Black Pepper Extract? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Black Pepper Extract, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,547 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Black Pepper Extract? ▼
Black Pepper Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,547 of 247,206), appearing in 134 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Black Pepper Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Black Pepper Extract appears in 134 products (#2,547 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Black Pepper Extract). 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.