Brine
Brine appears in 74 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
Brine appears in 74 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.
- 74
- catalogued products
- #3,840
- usage rank of 247,206
- 28
- named brands represented
- 38%
- 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 Brine - usage rank #3,840
- Usage rank
- #3,840
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 23 others that also appear in exactly 74 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 38%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 74 products listing it (mean slot 11.5). Brine usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 13.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Brine spans 28 named brands and is led by the Salted-snacks group. Start with Asian Noodles Spicy Kung Pao; Asian Noodles Teriyaki; Asian noodles, spicy szechuan when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
28 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 42 of 61 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 Brine
Products Containing Brine
16 busy labels from the 74 indexed products that list Brine:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “100% Natural Coconut Water”)
High-volume peers for Brine: 74 products, mean screening score 97.3/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 100% Natural Coconut Water · Bha & Bht Added To Protect Flavor · Casing. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Brine evidence
Start from Brine's 74 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Brine to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- 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. Read the 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 Brine? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Brine, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,840 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Brine? ▼
Brine ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,840 of 247,206), appearing in 74 indexed products led by Salted-snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Brine so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Brine appears in 74 products (#3,840 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Brine). 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.