Certified Organic
Certified Organic appears in 26 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
Certified Organic appears in 26 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.
- 26
- catalogued products
- #7,791
- usage rank of 247,206
- 18
- named brands represented
- 49%
- 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 Certified Organic - usage rank #7,791
- Usage rank
- #7,791
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 209 others that also appear in exactly 26 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 49%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 26 products listing it (mean slot 6.3). Certified Organic 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.
How to use this page
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: Certified Organic reaches 18 named brands, most often appears under Condiments, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include APPLE CIDER VINEGAR; Apple Cider Vinegar with Mother Load; Aqua Seltzer Cucumber + Mint. 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 (8 of 21), 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 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 Certified Organic
Products Containing Certified Organic
High-volume slice (16 of 26) for products naming Certified Organic:
High-volume peers for Certified Organic
Top-decile company for Certified Organic: 26 listings averaging 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Certified Organic record
Use the 26-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Certified Organic to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Certified Organic — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Certified Organic? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Certified Organic, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#7,791 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Certified Organic? ▼
Certified Organic ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,791 of 247,206), appearing in 26 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Certified Organic so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Certified Organic appears in 26 products (#7,791 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Certified Organic). 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.