Earth Balance
Earth Balance appears in 9 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
Earth Balance appears in 9 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.
- 9
- catalogued products
- #16,390
- usage rank of 247,206
- 5
- named brands represented
- 24%
- 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.
Earth Balance sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#16,390 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #16,390
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,423 others that also appear in exactly 9 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 24%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 9 products listing it (mean slot 8.3). Earth Balance usually falls near the top of the captured 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 this page can and cannot answer
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Earth Balance reaches 5 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits near the top of the captured list. Product examples include Chocoholic Chip Cookie Dough; Chocolate chip cookie dough; Maple Pecan Oatmeal Bar. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (9 of 9), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 9 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 Earth Balance
Products Containing Earth Balance
High-volume slice (9 of 9) for products naming Earth Balance:
High-volume peers for Earth Balance
High-volume peers for Earth Balance: 9 products, mean screening score 100/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Earth Balance evidence
Use the 9-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Earth Balance before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Earth Balance — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Earth Balance? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Earth Balance, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#16,390 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Earth Balance? ▼
Earth Balance ranks in the top decile by product count (#16,390 of 247,206), appearing in 9 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Earth Balance so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Earth Balance appears in 9 products (#16,390 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Earth Balance). 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.