Ham
Ham appears in 597 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
Ham appears in 597 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.
- 597
- catalogued products
- #942
- usage rank of 247,206
- 185
- named brands represented
- 18%
- 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
79.6% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Ham as the trigger. Open records such as 24 smokehouse sausage patties, smoke; 3 meat sausage pepperoni & ham pizza, 3 meat; 6 Ham & Cheese Patties and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 18% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
79.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 540 of 591 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.
Ham sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#942 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #942
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 597 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 18%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 597 products listing it (mean slot 9.4). 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 Ham
Across the 597 products on this site that list 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 28.2x more often with Ham than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Ham products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 404 | 67.7% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 130 | 21.8% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 84 | 14.1% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrate | 36 | 6% | 0.2% |
| BHT | 36 | 6% | 1.1% |
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 Ham
Products Containing Ham
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 597 indexed products containing Ham:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor”)
Ham sits among other busy catalog rows (597 products, mean score 83.7/100). Nearest count peers include “Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor”, “Rye”, “Vanilla Beans”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Ham record
597 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ham are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Ham to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- 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.
Ham — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Ham sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
79.6% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Ham is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Ham? ▼
Ham ranks in the top decile by product count (#942 of 247,206), appearing in 597 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Ham so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Ham appears in 597 products (#942 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (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.