Flavorings
Flavorings appears in 6,286 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
Flavorings appears in 6,286 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.
- 6,286
- catalogued products
- #175
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1,407
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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
57.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Flavorings as the trigger. Open records such as 1 lb. Hot dog; 1 slice hard salami 2 slices mild cheddar cheese; 1/4 Pound Beef Franks and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 88.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 65% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
57.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 6280 of 6284 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.
Flavorings sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#175 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #175
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 6,362 products listing it (mean slot 17.7). Flavorings 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Flavorings
Across the 6,286 products on this site that list Flavorings, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 14x more often with Flavorings than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Flavorings products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 2,106 | 33.5% | 2.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 931 | 14.8% | 5.7% |
| BHA | 669 | 10.6% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 551 | 8.8% | 1.1% |
| Carrageenan | 334 | 5.3% | 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 Flavorings
Products Containing Flavorings
16 busy labels from the 6,286 indexed products that list Flavorings:
Flavorings vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Flavorings: 6,286 listings averaging 88.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Bleached Wheat Flour · Seasoning · Artificial Color.
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.
Next steps from the Flavorings page
6,286 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Flavorings are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Flavorings before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Flavorings next to “Seasoning” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Flavorings sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
57.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Flavorings is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Flavorings? ▼
Flavorings ranks in the top decile by product count (#175 of 247,206), appearing in 6,286 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Flavorings so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Flavorings appears in 6,286 products (#175 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Flavorings). 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.