Fresh Ham
Fresh Ham appears in 52 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
Fresh Ham appears in 52 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.
- 52
- catalogued products
- #4,845
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- named brands represented
- 25%
- 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
82.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Fresh Ham as the trigger. Open records such as Authentic Italian Pinwheels; Authentic Style Italian Pinwheels, Authentic Style; Breakfast Ham Sausage Links and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 77.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 25% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
82.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 49 of 49 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.
High-volume listing for Fresh Ham - usage rank #4,845
- Usage rank
- #4,845
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 58 others that also appear in exactly 52 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 25%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 52 products listing it (mean slot 13.8). Fresh Ham usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Fresh Ham
Across the 52 products on this site that list Fresh Ham, 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 29.7x more often with Fresh Ham than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fresh Ham products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 37 | 71.2% | 2.4% |
| BHA | 13 | 25% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 13 | 25% | 1.1% |
| Sodium Nitrate | 7 | 13.5% | 0.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 13.5% | 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 Fresh Ham
Products Containing Fresh Ham
High-volume slice (16 of 52) for products naming Fresh Ham:
High-volume peers for Fresh Ham beside “Ab Vitamin”
Fresh Ham sits among other busy catalog rows (52 products, mean score 77.8/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Ab Vitamin; Aluminum Sodium Sulfate; Animal And Vegetable Shortening. 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 Fresh Ham page
52 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fresh Ham are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Fresh Ham before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Fresh Ham next to “Aluminum Sodium Sulfate” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Fresh Ham
How should I read safety signals when Fresh Ham sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
82.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Fresh Ham is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fresh Ham? ▼
Fresh Ham ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,845 of 247,206), appearing in 52 indexed products led by Sandwiches. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fresh Ham so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fresh Ham appears in 52 products (#4,845 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fresh Ham). 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.