Brussels Sprouts
Brussels Sprouts appears in 314 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
Brussels Sprouts appears in 314 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.
- 314
- catalogued products
- #1,445
- usage rank of 247,206
- 101
- named brands represented
- 20%
- 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 Brussels Sprouts - usage rank #1,445
- Usage rank
- #1,445
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 314 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 20%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 314 products listing it (mean slot 4.1). Brussels Sprouts 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 8.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Brussels Sprouts spans 101 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Air Fry Spicy Maple Brussels; All Natural Brussels Sprouts; All Natural Brussels Sprouts when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
101 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 161 of 300 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Brussels Sprouts
Across the 314 products on this site that list Brussels Sprouts, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 1.6x more often with Brussels Sprouts than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Brussels Sprouts products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 12 | 3.8% | 2.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 11 | 3.5% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 9 | 2.9% | 4.5% |
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 Brussels Sprouts
Products Containing Brussels Sprouts
16 busy labels from the 314 indexed products that list Brussels Sprouts:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Iron And Zinc”)
Top-decile company for Brussels Sprouts: 314 listings averaging 99.1/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Iron And Zinc; Milk Proteins; Coconut Extract.
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.
Using the Brussels Sprouts evidence
314 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Brussels Sprouts are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Brussels Sprouts and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- 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
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Brussels Sprouts? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Brussels Sprouts, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,445 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Brussels Sprouts? ▼
Brussels Sprouts ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,445 of 247,206), appearing in 314 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 Brussels Sprouts so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Brussels Sprouts appears in 314 products (#1,445 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Brussels Sprouts). 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.