Black Quinoa
Black Quinoa appears in 71 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 Quinoa appears in 71 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.
- 71
- catalogued products
- #3,937
- usage rank of 247,206
- 42
- 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.
Black Quinoa: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,937 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,937
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 32 others that also appear in exactly 71 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 64%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 71 products listing it (mean slot 8.9). Black Quinoa usually falls in the lower half of the 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Black Quinoa reaches 42 named brands, most often appears under Plant-based foods and beverages, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include 365 everyday value, organic multigrain & seed bread; Baja Bowl; Baja-Inspired Chicken Wrap. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (29 of 65), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
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 Quinoa
Products Containing Black Quinoa
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 71 indexed products containing Black Quinoa:
High-volume peers for Black Quinoa beside “2% Or Less Of Sugar”
High-volume peers for Black Quinoa: 71 products, mean screening score 100/100. Nearest count peers include “2% Or Less Of Sugar”, “All Purpose Flour”, “Organic Baker's Yeast Extract”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
Next steps from the Black Quinoa page
Start from Black Quinoa's 71 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Black Quinoa 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.
Black Quinoa — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Black Quinoa? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Black Quinoa, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,937 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Black Quinoa? ▼
Black Quinoa ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,937 of 247,206), appearing in 71 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Black Quinoa so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Black Quinoa appears in 71 products (#3,937 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Black Quinoa). 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.