Bu
Bu appears in 11 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
Bu appears in 11 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.
- 11
- catalogued products
- #14,190
- usage rank of 247,206
- 8
- named brands represented
- 100%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 3 of 11 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Buffalo blue flavored cheese curls; Buttermilk Waffles; Cheese Balls to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 95–100 score range to Bu itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Undefined supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
3 of 11 linked records have some flagged component
All 11 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 95–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Bu - usage rank #14,190
- Usage rank
- #14,190
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 989 others that also appear in exactly 11 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 100%
- Mean relative depth 100% across 11 parsed labels, slot 17.4 on average. Bu tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 11 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 Bu
Products Containing Bu
High-volume slice (11 of 11) for products naming Bu:
High-volume peers for Bu
Bu sits among other busy catalog rows (11 products, mean score 98.6/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Bu evidence
Use the 11-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Bu before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Bu — common follow-ups
Does Bu carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Bu. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Bu? ▼
Bu ranks in the top decile by product count (#14,190 of 247,206), appearing in 11 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Bu so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Bu appears in 11 products (#14,190 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Bu). 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.