Chiles
Chiles appears in 72 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
Chiles appears in 72 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.
- 72
- catalogued products
- #3,864
- usage rank of 247,206
- 40
- named brands represented
- 55%
- 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.
Chiles sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,864 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,864
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 32 others that also appear in exactly 73 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 55%
- Mean relative depth 55% across 73 parsed labels, slot 12.8 on average. Chiles tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 9.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Chiles spans 40 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with Abobo chicken enchiladas; Asian Grill Rubbed Salmon; Asian Noodles, Toasted Sesame 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.
40 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 44 of 68 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.
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 Chiles
Products Containing Chiles
High-volume slice (16 of 72) for products naming Chiles:
Chiles vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Chiles sits among other busy catalog rows (72 products, mean score 97.5/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Added To Retain Moisture; Almond Oil; Natural Banana Flavoring. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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 Chiles evidence
Use the 72-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Chiles and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Chiles? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Chiles, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,864 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Chiles? ▼
Chiles ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,864 of 247,206), appearing in 72 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Chiles so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Chiles appears in 72 products (#3,864 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Chiles). 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.