Enriched Corn Meal
Enriched Corn Meal appears in 417 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
Enriched Corn Meal appears in 417 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.
- 417
- catalogued products
- #1,162
- usage rank of 247,206
- 47
- named brands represented
- 5%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
60.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Enriched Corn Meal as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Beef Corn Dogs; 100% beef corn dogs; Bag Of Bones Cheese Flavored Snacks, White Cheddar and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 63.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 5% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
60.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 389 of 409 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.
Enriched Corn Meal: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,162 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,162
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 417 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 5%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 417 products listing it (mean slot 2.9). Enriched Corn Meal 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.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Enriched Corn Meal
Across the 417 products on this site that list Enriched Corn 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. Yellow 6 shows up about 14.4x more often with Enriched Corn Meal than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Enriched Corn Meal products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 6 | 204 | 48.9% | 3.4% |
| Red 40 | 142 | 34.1% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 128 | 30.7% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 37 | 8.9% | 4.2% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 21 | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Enriched Corn Meal
Products Containing Enriched Corn Meal
High-volume slice (16 of 417) for products naming Enriched Corn Meal:
Enriched Corn Meal vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Enriched Corn Meal: 417 listings averaging 63.1/100. Nearest count peers include “B1”, “Natural Beef Flavor”, “Dried Unsweetened Coconut”.
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 Enriched Corn Meal page
Start from Enriched Corn Meal's 417 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Enriched Corn Meal to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Enriched Corn Meal next to “Natural Beef Flavor” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Enriched Corn Meal
How should I read safety signals when Enriched Corn Meal sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
60.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Enriched Corn Meal is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Enriched Corn Meal? ▼
Enriched Corn Meal ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,162 of 247,206), appearing in 417 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Enriched Corn Meal so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Enriched Corn Meal appears in 417 products (#1,162 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Enriched Corn 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.