Fennel Seed
Fennel Seed appears in 321 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
Fennel Seed appears in 321 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.
- 321
- catalogued products
- #1,420
- usage rank of 247,206
- 136
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Fennel Seed - usage rank #1,420
- Usage rank
- #1,420
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 321 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 321 products listing it (mean slot 17.0). Fennel Seed 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 8.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Fennel Seed spans 136 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 35% Fruit And Fiber Muesli; 7 Sisters' Antique Bean & Barley Soup Mix; Adjustable Grinder Cap when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.5/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
136 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 189 of 299 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 Fennel Seed
Across the 321 products on this site that list Fennel Seed, 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 Fennel Seed products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 14 | 4.4% | 5.7% |
| BHA | 8 | 2.5% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 7 | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 6 | 1.9% | 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 Fennel Seed
Products Containing Fennel Seed
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 321 indexed products containing Fennel Seed:
High-volume peers for Fennel Seed beside “Ground Ginger”
Fennel Seed sits among other busy catalog rows (321 products, mean score 98.5/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Ground Ginger · High Oleic Canola · Brown Cane Sugar. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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 Fennel Seed record
Use the 321-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Fennel Seed and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Fennel Seed with a peer such as “Ground Ginger” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Fennel Seed — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Fennel Seed? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Fennel Seed, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,420 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fennel Seed? ▼
Fennel Seed ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,420 of 247,206), appearing in 321 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 Fennel Seed so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fennel Seed appears in 321 products (#1,420 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fennel Seed). 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.