Dried Chile Pepper Flakes

Dried Chile Pepper Flakes appears in 3 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

Dried Chile Pepper Flakes appears in 3 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.

3
catalogued products
#35,091
usage rank of 247,206
1
named brands represented
41%
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.

Upper-half catalog placement for Dried Chile Pepper Flakes (#35,091)

Usage rank
#35,091
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
41%
Averaged label depth puts Dried Chile Pepper Flakes in the upper half of the list (41% of list length, mean slot 7.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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: Dried Chile Pepper Flakes reaches 1 named brands, most often appears under Condiments, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Gochujang fermented chile paste; Gochunjang 02 fermented chile paste; Mother in laws gochujang fermented chile sauce garlic. 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 3 (3 of 3), 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.

Products Containing Dried Chile Pepper Flakes

All 3 indexed products that name Dried Chile Pepper Flakes:

Download these 3 product rows (CSV) 3 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Parallel catalog profiles to Dried Chile Pepper Flakes

Use the lists below to place Dried Chile Pepper Flakes against similar footprints (3 products).

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 Dried Chile Pepper Flakes page

Use the 3-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 Dried Chile Pepper Flakes to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
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  • 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Dried Chile Pepper Flakes?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Dried Chile Pepper Flakes, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#35,091 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Where does Dried Chile Pepper Flakes show up across the catalog?

Dried Chile Pepper Flakes sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

Why is Dried Chile Pepper Flakes so common on ingredient lists?

The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Dried Chile Pepper Flakes. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Dried Chile Pepper Flakes). 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.