From Seaweed
From Seaweed appears in 86 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
From Seaweed appears in 86 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.
- 86
- catalogued products
- #3,489
- usage rank of 247,206
- 27
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
95.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify From Seaweed as the trigger. Open records such as APPLEWOOD SMOKED deli TURKEY; Applewood smoked uncured ham; Applewood smoked uncured ham and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 95.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 78% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
95.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 82 of 86 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 From Seaweed - usage rank #3,489
- Usage rank
- #3,489
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 35 others that also appear in exactly 86 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 86 products listing it (mean slot 9.0). From Seaweed usually falls near the end of the captured 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 From Seaweed
Across the 86 products on this site that list From Seaweed, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 21.2x more often with From Seaweed than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of From Seaweed products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 82 | 95.3% | 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 From Seaweed
Products Containing From Seaweed
16 busy labels from the 86 indexed products that list From Seaweed:
From Seaweed vs other top-decile catalog footprints
From Seaweed sits among other busy catalog rows (86 products, mean score 95.2/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Apple Sauce · Artificial Chicken Flavor · Basil Leaf. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the From Seaweed evidence
Use the 86-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for From Seaweed and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place From Seaweed next to “Artificial Chicken Flavor” (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. 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 From Seaweed sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
95.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming From Seaweed is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with From Seaweed? ▼
From Seaweed ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,489 of 247,206), appearing in 86 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is From Seaweed so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet From Seaweed appears in 86 products (#3,489 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (From Seaweed). 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.