Fried Onions
Fried Onions appears in 31 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
Fried Onions appears in 31 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.
- 31
- catalogued products
- #6,896
- usage rank of 247,206
- 14
- named brands represented
- 56%
- 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.
Fried Onions sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#6,896 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,896
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 153 others that also appear in exactly 31 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 56%
- Averaged label depth puts Fried Onions in the lower half of the list (56% of list length, mean slot 21.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 19.4% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Fried Onions spans 14 named brands and is led by the Frozen foods group. Start with Basmati rice mix lentils pilaf; Biryani Kit; CHICKEN BIRYANI when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
14 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 22 of 30 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.
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 Fried Onions
Products Containing Fried Onions
16 busy labels from the 31 indexed products that list Fried Onions:
Fried Onions vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Fried Onions: 31 listings averaging 97.4/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Fried Onions evidence
Use the 31-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Fried Onions before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Fried Onions? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Fried Onions, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#6,896 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fried Onions? ▼
Fried Onions ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,896 of 247,206), appearing in 31 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fried Onions so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fried Onions appears in 31 products (#6,896 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fried Onions). 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.