Dry Mustard

Dry Mustard appears in 51 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

Dry Mustard appears in 51 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.

51
catalogued products
#4,904
usage rank of 247,206
28
named brands represented
72%
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: 12 of 51 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Aged White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese; Aramouni's, Decadent Cheddar Spread; Barbecue Sauce to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 45–100 score range to Dry Mustard 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.

12 of 51 linked records have some flagged component

All 49 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 45–100 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.

Dry Mustard sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,904 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#4,904
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 66 others that also appear in exactly 51 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
72%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 51 products listing it (mean slot 21.4). Dry Mustard 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.

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 Dry Mustard

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 60708090100110 00.511.522.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Dry Mustard
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 “Agar Gum”)

Top-decile company for Dry Mustard: 51 listings averaging 95.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Agar Gum · Aged Red Pepper · Alcohol Denat.

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 Dry Mustard record

Use the 51-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 Dry Mustard to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Dry Mustard 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 Dry Mustard. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Dry Mustard?

Dry Mustard ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,904 of 247,206), appearing in 51 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Dry Mustard so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Dry Mustard appears in 51 products (#4,904 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Dry Mustard). 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.