Elderberry
Elderberry appears in 110 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
Elderberry appears in 110 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.
- 110
- catalogued products
- #2,934
- usage rank of 247,206
- 68
- named brands represented
- 57%
- 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.
Elderberry: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,934 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,934
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 110 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 57%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 110 products listing it (mean slot 18.9). Elderberry 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.
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
Use prevalence before concern
Only 10.9% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Elderberry spans 68 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Activated superfood cereal gluten free vegan; Angel; Candy, Strawberry Cream when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
68 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 93 of 105 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Elderberry
Across the 110 products on this site that list Elderberry, 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 Elderberry products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 5 | 4.5% | 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 Elderberry
Products Containing Elderberry
16 busy labels from the 110 indexed products that list Elderberry:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Apricot Puree”)
High-volume peers for Elderberry: 110 products, mean screening score 98.8/100. Nearest count peers include “Apricot Puree”, “Cream Cheese Powder”, “Cultured Low Fat Milk”. 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.
What to do with this Elderberry record
Start from Elderberry's 110 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Elderberry and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Elderberry with a peer such as “Apricot Puree” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Elderberry — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Elderberry? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Elderberry, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,934 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Elderberry? ▼
Elderberry ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,934 of 247,206), appearing in 110 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Elderberry so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Elderberry appears in 110 products (#2,934 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Elderberry). 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.