Chia Flour

Chia Flour appears in 24 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

Chia Flour appears in 24 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.

24
catalogued products
#8,251
usage rank of 247,206
9
named brands represented
43%
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 Chia Flour - usage rank #8,251

Usage rank
#8,251
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 260 others that also appear in exactly 24 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
43%
Mean relative depth 43% across 24 parsed labels, slot 8.4 on average. Chia Flour 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.

Reading this ingredient record

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: Chia Flour reaches 9 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Anna, Original Bread Mix; Black Bean Brownie Mix; Chip Cookie Mix. 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 (19 of 24), 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 Chia Flour

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 99.9100.0100.0100100.0100.0100.1 00.00.00.1 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Chia Flour
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Chia Flour vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Chia Flour: 24 listings averaging 100/100.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Next steps from the Chia Flour page

24 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Chia Flour are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Chia Flour to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
  • 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 Chia Flour?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Chia Flour, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#8,251 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Chia Flour?

Chia Flour ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,251 of 247,206), appearing in 24 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Chia Flour so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Chia Flour appears in 24 products (#8,251 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Chia Flour). 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.