Chaga
Chaga appears in 50 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
Chaga appears in 50 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.
- 50
- catalogued products
- #4,971
- usage rank of 247,206
- 35
- named brands represented
- 46%
- 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.
Chaga sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,971 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,971
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 72 others that also appear in exactly 50 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 46%
- Mean relative depth 46% across 50 parsed labels, slot 20.4 on average. Chaga tends to sit in the upper half of the 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 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: Chaga reaches 35 named brands, most often appears under Dietary supplements, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Alive Cola; All-in One Plant Protein + Superfoods; Beauty Matcha Latte. 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 (24 of 29), 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 Chaga
Products Containing Chaga
16 busy labels from the 50 indexed products that list Chaga:
High-volume peers for Chaga beside “2% Dv”
High-volume peers for Chaga: 50 products, mean screening score 100/100. Nearest count peers include “2% Dv”, “5 %”, “Active Yogurt With L. Bulgaricus”. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Chaga evidence
Use the 50-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 Chaga to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Chaga
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Chaga? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Chaga, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,971 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Chaga? ▼
Chaga ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,971 of 247,206), appearing in 50 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Chaga so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Chaga appears in 50 products (#4,971 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Chaga). 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.