Cashew
Cashew appears in 308 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
Cashew appears in 308 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.
- 308
- catalogued products
- #1,467
- usage rank of 247,206
- 144
- named brands represented
- 56%
- 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.
Cashew sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,467 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,467
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 308 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 56%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 308 products listing it (mean slot 13.6). Cashew usually falls in the lower 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 7.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Cashew spans 144 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 180 Snacks, Cranberry Pomegranate Trail Mix Crunch; 180 Snacks, Trail Mix Crunch, Blueberry Pomegranate; 90 Second Basmati Rice when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.5/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
144 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 169 of 277 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 Cashew
Across the 308 products on this site that list Cashew, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cashew products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 8 | 2.6% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 6 | 1.9% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 6 | 1.9% | 3.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 5 | 1.6% | 4.2% |
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 Cashew
Products Containing Cashew
16 busy labels from the 308 indexed products that list Cashew:
High-volume peers for Cashew beside “Ground Sesame”
High-volume peers for Cashew: 308 products, mean screening score 97.5/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Ground Sesame; Lemon Pulp; Succinic Acid. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Cashew evidence
308 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cashew are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Cashew and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Cashew with a peer such as “Ground Sesame” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Cashew? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Cashew, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,467 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cashew? ▼
Cashew ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,467 of 247,206), appearing in 308 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cashew so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cashew appears in 308 products (#1,467 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cashew). 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.