Cracker Meal
Cracker Meal appears in 167 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
Cracker Meal appears in 167 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.
- 167
- catalogued products
- #2,187
- usage rank of 247,206
- 54
- named brands represented
- 48%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
52.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cracker Meal as the trigger. Open records such as 1 Oz Whole Grain Fish Stx; Breaded Chicken Tenderloin Breasts; Breaded Veal Patties and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 48% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 162 of 166 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
High-volume listing for Cracker Meal - usage rank #2,187
- Usage rank
- #2,187
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 8 others that also appear in exactly 167 products, listed in more products than 99.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 48%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 167 products listing it (mean slot 18.5). Cracker Meal usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Cracker Meal
Across the 167 products on this site that list Cracker Meal, 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 6.6x more often with Cracker Meal than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cracker Meal products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 63 | 37.7% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 29 | 17.4% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 20 | 12% | 3.4% |
| Blue 1 | 19 | 11.4% | 4.2% |
| Carrageenan | 11 | 6.6% | 4.5% |
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 Cracker Meal
Products Containing Cracker Meal
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 167 indexed products containing Cracker Meal:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Coconuts”)
High-volume peers for Cracker Meal: 167 products, mean screening score 83.8/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Coconuts · Disodium Pyrophosphate · Ground Flaxseed. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Cracker Meal record
167 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cracker Meal are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Cracker Meal to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Cracker Meal
How should I read safety signals when Cracker Meal sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cracker Meal is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cracker Meal? ▼
Cracker Meal ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,187 of 247,206), appearing in 167 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cracker Meal so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cracker Meal appears in 167 products (#2,187 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cracker Meal). 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.