Carolina Reaper Pepper
Carolina Reaper Pepper appears in 5 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
Carolina Reaper Pepper appears in 5 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.
- 5
- catalogued products
- #24,708
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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 Carolina Reaper Pepper - usage rank #24,708
- Usage rank
- #24,708
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4,103 others that also appear in exactly 5 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 5 parsed labels, slot 23.4 on average. Carolina Reaper Pepper tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What this page can and cannot answer
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: Carolina Reaper Pepper reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Meals, and typically sits near the end of the captured list. Product examples include Kimchi Fried Rice; Smoked Cherry BBQ Sauce; STIR-FRIED KIMCHI RICE. 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 4 (4 of 4), 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 5 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 Carolina Reaper Pepper
Products Containing Carolina Reaper Pepper
A sample of 5 high-volume listings among the 5 indexed products containing Carolina Reaper Pepper:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Carolina Reaper Pepper: 5 products, mean screening score 100/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Carolina Reaper Pepper evidence
Use the 5-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Carolina Reaper Pepper and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Carolina Reaper Pepper — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Carolina Reaper Pepper? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Carolina Reaper Pepper, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#24,708 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Carolina Reaper Pepper? ▼
Carolina Reaper Pepper ranks in the top decile by product count (#24,708 of 247,206), appearing in 5 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Carolina Reaper Pepper so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Carolina Reaper Pepper appears in 5 products (#24,708 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carolina Reaper Pepper). 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.