Especias
Especias appears in 58 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
Especias appears in 58 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.
- 58
- catalogued products
- #4,499
- usage rank of 247,206
- 31
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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.
Especias: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,499 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,499
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 53 others that also appear in exactly 58 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Mean relative depth 68% across 58 parsed labels, slot 25.4 on average. Especias tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 19% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Especias spans 31 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Albondigas Vegenas; Albóndigas pollo y pavo; Black Hot Sauce "Capitan Gourmet" when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 93.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
31 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 45 of 46 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.
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 Especias
Products Containing Especias
16 busy labels from the 58 indexed products that list Especias:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Dried Banana Flakes”)
Top-decile company for Especias: 58 listings averaging 93.4/100. Nearest count peers include “Dried Banana Flakes”, “Bean Sprouts”, “Bicarbonate”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Especias evidence
58 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Especias are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Especias before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Especias next to “Bean Sprouts” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Especias? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Especias, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,499 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Especias? ▼
Especias ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,499 of 247,206), appearing in 58 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Especias so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Especias appears in 58 products (#4,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Especias). 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.