Brownie
Brownie appears in 42 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
Brownie appears in 42 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.
- 42
- catalogued products
- #5,603
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- named brands represented
- 31%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
88.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Brownie as the trigger. Open records such as Acme, Brwnie Platter, Caramel & Fudge; Acme, Red Velvet Fudge Brownie Platter; Boneless Fried Chicken and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 64.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 31% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
88.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 41 of 41 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Brownie sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#5,603 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,603
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 93 others that also appear in exactly 42 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 31%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 42 products listing it (mean slot 19.0). Brownie 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.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Brownie
Across the 42 products on this site that list Brownie, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Caramel Coloring shows up about 11.3x more often with Brownie than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Brownie products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 27 | 64.3% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 22 | 52.4% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 18 | 42.9% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 15 | 35.7% | 5.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 12 | 28.6% | 2.1% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
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 Brownie
Products Containing Brownie
High-volume slice (16 of 42) for products naming Brownie:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Brownie sits among other busy catalog rows (42 products, mean score 64.8/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Brownie record
42 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Brownie are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Brownie 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. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Brownie sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
88.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Brownie is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Brownie? ▼
Brownie ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,603 of 247,206), appearing in 42 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Brownie so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Brownie appears in 42 products (#5,603 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Brownie). 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.