Black Turtle Beans

Black Turtle Beans 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 Turtle Beans 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
18
named brands represented
16%
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 Black Turtle Beans - usage rank #8,001

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
16%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 25 products listing it (mean slot 3.6). Black Turtle Beans 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.

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 to use this page

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 Turtle Beans reaches 18 named brands, most often appears under Meals, and typically sits near the top of the captured list. Product examples include 7 Sisters' Antique Bean & Barley Soup Mix; Bean & Seasoning Mix, Cuban Black Beans & Pork; Bean Soup Mix. 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 3 (10 of 24), 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 Turtle Beans

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 99.9100.0100.0100100.0100.0100.1 00.00.00.1 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Black Turtle Beans
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Black Turtle Beans vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Black Turtle Beans sits among other busy catalog rows (25 products, mean score 100/100). 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.

Next steps from the Black Turtle Beans page

Start from Black Turtle Beans's 25 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

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This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Black Turtle Beans

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Black Turtle Beans?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Black Turtle Beans, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#8,001 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Black Turtle Beans?

Black Turtle Beans ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,001 of 247,206), appearing in 25 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Black Turtle Beans so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Black Turtle Beans appears in 25 products (#8,001 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Black Turtle Beans). 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.