Chipotle Pepper

Chipotle Pepper appears in 722 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

Chipotle Pepper appears in 722 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.

722
catalogued products
#824
usage rank of 247,206
294
named brands represented
62%
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.

How to use this page

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 158 of 722 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 3 Beer, Smokin Chipotle Rub Seasoning; Abodo with chipotle; Adobo Seasoning to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Chipotle Pepper itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

158 of 722 linked records have some flagged component

All 699 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.

Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.

High-volume listing for Chipotle Pepper - usage rank #824

Usage rank
#824
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
62%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 723 products listing it (mean slot 17.9). Chipotle Pepper usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

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.

What else is usually in the same product as Chipotle Pepper

Across the 722 products on this site that list Chipotle Pepper, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.4x more often with Chipotle Pepper than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +7.7ppCaramel Coloring+7.7ppCarrageenan: -0.1ppCarrageenan-0.1ppYellow 5: -2.9ppYellow 5-2.9ppYellow 6: -1.5ppYellow 6-1.5ppPolysorbate 60: +0.3ppPolysorbate 60+0.3pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Chipotle Pepper products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Caramel Coloring
7.7pp
Carrageenan
-0.1pp
Yellow 5
-2.9pp
Yellow 6
-1.5pp
Polysorbate 60
0.3pp
Additive Shared products Share of Chipotle Pepper products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 97 13.4% 5.7%
Carrageenan 32 4.4% 4.5%
Yellow 5 14 1.9% 4.8%
Yellow 6 14 1.9% 3.4%
Polysorbate 60 12 1.7% 1.4%

Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.

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 Chipotle Pepper

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 80859095100105 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Chipotle Pepper
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.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Jalapenos”)

High-volume peers for Chipotle Pepper: 722 products, mean screening score 97/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Jalapenos; Sodium; B Vitamin. 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 Chipotle Pepper evidence

Start from Chipotle Pepper's 722 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Chipotle Pepper to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Place Chipotle Pepper next to “Sodium” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.

Questions readers ask about Chipotle Pepper

Does Chipotle Pepper carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Chipotle Pepper. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Chipotle Pepper?

Chipotle Pepper ranks in the top decile by product count (#824 of 247,206), appearing in 722 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Chipotle Pepper so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Chipotle Pepper appears in 722 products (#824 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Chipotle Pepper). 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.