Ginseng
Ginseng carries a source-backed screening score of 5/5 and appears in 38 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Safe.”
Source-backed answer
Ginseng appears in 38 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Safe.” No FDA SAFFA status is attached. Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 38
- catalogued products
- #6,007
- usage rank of 247,206
- 25
- 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.
Ginseng sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#6,007 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,007
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 118 others that also appear in exactly 38 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 38 products listing it (mean slot 12.5). Ginseng 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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 15.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Ginseng spans 25 named brands and is led by the Beverages and beverages preparations group. Start with ADAPTOGEN YERBA MATE; All-in One Plant Protein + Superfoods; Amazing Ashwa when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 95.0/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
25 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 29 of 32 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.
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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 Ginseng
Products Containing Ginseng
16 busy labels from the 38 indexed products that list Ginseng:
Ginseng vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Ginseng: 38 products, mean screening score 95/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Ginseng record
38 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ginseng are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Ginseng to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- 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
What do the source ratings say about Ginseng? ▼
Ginseng has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 5/5. CSPI rates it "Safe." With only 15.8% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Which product shelves show up most often with Ginseng? ▼
Ginseng ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,007 of 247,206), appearing in 38 indexed products led by Beverages and beverages preparations. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Ginseng do in food? ▼
Ginseng is recorded as a other in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ginseng). 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.