Fenugreek
Fenugreek appears in 304 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
Fenugreek appears in 304 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.
- 304
- catalogued products
- #1,482
- usage rank of 247,206
- 149
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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 Fenugreek - usage rank #1,482
- Usage rank
- #1,482
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6 others that also appear in exactly 304 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 304 products listing it (mean slot 14.5). Fenugreek 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.
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 3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Fenugreek spans 149 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 100% organic herbal tea; 7 Sisters' Antique Bean & Barley Soup Mix; Almond granola when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
149 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 148 of 288 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 Fenugreek
Across the 304 products on this site that list Fenugreek, 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 Fenugreek products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 8 | 2.6% | 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 Fenugreek
Products Containing Fenugreek
16 busy labels from the 304 indexed products that list Fenugreek:
Fenugreek vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Fenugreek sits among other busy catalog rows (304 products, mean score 99.8/100). Nearest count peers include “Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking”, “High Oleic Soybean Oil”, “Nisin”. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Fenugreek evidence
Use the 304-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Fenugreek and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Fenugreek next to “High Oleic Soybean Oil” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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.
Fenugreek — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Fenugreek? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Fenugreek, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,482 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fenugreek? ▼
Fenugreek ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,482 of 247,206), appearing in 304 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 Fenugreek so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fenugreek appears in 304 products (#1,482 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fenugreek). 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.