Cornmeal
Cornmeal appears in 951 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
Cornmeal appears in 951 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.
- 951
- catalogued products
- #683
- usage rank of 247,206
- 281
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 194 of 951 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% Whole Wheat 6 Sliced English Muffins; 100% Whole Wheat English Muffins; 100% whole wheat pre-sliced bagels to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Cornmeal itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
194 of 951 linked records have some flagged component
All 926 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 Cornmeal - usage rank #683
- Usage rank
- #683
- 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
- 43%
- Mean relative depth 43% across 951 parsed labels, slot 12.8 on average. Cornmeal 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Cornmeal
Across the 951 products on this site that list Cornmeal, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cornmeal products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 68 | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 51 | 5.4% | 4.8% |
| Potassium Iodate | 50 | 5.3% | 0.2% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 47 | 4.9% | 2.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 47 | 4.9% | 3.4% |
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 Cornmeal
Products Containing Cornmeal
High-volume slice (16 of 951) for products naming Cornmeal:
High-volume peers for Cornmeal beside “Pinto Beans”
Top-decile company for Cornmeal: 951 listings averaging 92.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Pinto Beans · Potassium Iodate · Riboflavin And Folic Acid.
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.
Next steps from the Cornmeal page
Start from Cornmeal's 951 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Cornmeal before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Cornmeal next to “Potassium Iodate” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Cornmeal — common follow-ups
Does Cornmeal 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 Cornmeal. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cornmeal? ▼
Cornmeal ranks in the top decile by product count (#683 of 247,206), appearing in 951 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cornmeal so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cornmeal appears in 951 products (#683 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cornmeal). 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.