Fig Paste
Fig Paste appears in 218 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
Fig Paste appears in 218 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.
- 218
- catalogued products
- #1,841
- usage rank of 247,206
- 51
- named brands represented
- 24%
- 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 Fig Paste - usage rank #1,841
- Usage rank
- #1,841
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 218 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 24%
- Mean relative depth 24% across 218 parsed labels, slot 6.4 on average. Fig Paste tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 8.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Fig Paste spans 51 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 365 everyday value, fig balsamic dressing; 5 Yogurt & Oat Bar; A dozen macarons varies when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
51 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 210 of 216 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 Fig Paste
Across the 218 products on this site that list Fig Paste, 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 Fig Paste products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 16 | 7.3% | 5.7% |
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 Fig Paste
Products Containing Fig Paste
16 busy labels from the 218 indexed products that list Fig Paste:
High-volume peers for Fig Paste beside “Amaranth Flour”
Fig Paste sits among other busy catalog rows (218 products, mean score 99.6/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Amaranth Flour · Liquid Whole Eggs · Wheat Fiber. 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.
Next steps from the Fig Paste page
Use the 218-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Fig Paste and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Fig Paste next to “Liquid Whole Eggs” (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. Open methodology
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 Fig Paste? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Fig Paste, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,841 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fig Paste? ▼
Fig Paste ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,841 of 247,206), appearing in 218 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fig Paste so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fig Paste appears in 218 products (#1,841 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fig Paste). 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.