Freeze-dried Instant Coffee
Freeze-dried Instant Coffee appears in 4 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
Freeze-dried Instant Coffee appears in 4 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.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 57%
- 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.
Freeze-dried Instant Coffee: above-median product count (beats 88.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #28,812
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 57%
- Mean relative depth 57% across 4 parsed labels, slot 27.3 on average. Freeze-dried Instant Coffee 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
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Freeze-dried Instant Coffee reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Instant coffee; Thorntons, an assortment of milk dark and white chocolate; Thorntons, an assortment of milk, white and dark real chocolates. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (3 of 3), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 4 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 Freeze-dried Instant Coffee
Products Containing Freeze-dried Instant Coffee
All 4 indexed products that name Freeze-dried Instant Coffee:
Count-or-score neighbours for Freeze-dried Instant Coffee
Peer axes for Freeze-dried Instant Coffee: 4 products · mean score 100/100.
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 Freeze-dried Instant Coffee page
4 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Freeze-dried Instant Coffee are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Freeze-dried Instant Coffee to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the 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 Freeze-dried Instant Coffee? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Freeze-dried Instant Coffee, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#28,812 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Where does Freeze-dried Instant Coffee show up across the catalog? ▼
Freeze-dried Instant Coffee sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Freeze-dried Instant Coffee so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Freeze-dried Instant Coffee. Its in the lower half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Freeze-dried Instant Coffee). 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.