Bran Flour

Bran Flour appears in 4 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

Bran Flour appears in 4 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.

4
catalogued products
#28,812
usage rank of 247,206
1
named brands represented
18%
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.

Upper-half catalog placement for Bran Flour (#28,812)

Usage rank
#28,812
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
18%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 4 products listing it (mean slot 3.5). Bran Flour 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.

Reading this ingredient record

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: Bran Flour reaches 1 named brands, most often appears under Plant-based foods and beverages, and typically sits near the top of the captured list. Product examples include Low carb burger bun; German fine bread; Low carb 7 grain fiber. 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 (2 of 3), 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 4 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 Bran Flour

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 4 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 Bran Flour Low carb burger bunGerman fine breadLow carb 7 grain fiberLow carb sourdough bread
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.

Products Containing Bran Flour

All 4 indexed products that name Bran Flour:

Download these 4 product rows (CSV) 4 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Count-or-score neighbours for Bran Flour

Peer axes for Bran Flour: 4 products · mean score 100/100.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Bran Flour page

Start from Bran Flour's 4 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Bran Flour to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology

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

Bran Flour — common follow-ups

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Bran Flour?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Bran Flour, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#28,812 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Where does Bran Flour show up across the catalog?

Bran Flour sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

Why is Bran Flour so common on ingredient lists?

The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Bran Flour. Its near the top of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Bran Flour). 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.