Ham Stock

Ham Stock appears in 17 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 Stock appears in 17 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.

17
catalogued products
#10,499
usage rank of 247,206
7
named brands represented
70%
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.

What this page can and cannot answer

Audit the co-occurring flags first

100% 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 Stock as the trigger. Open records such as Bacon & Aged Cheddar Mac & Cheese Sauce, Bacon & Aged Cheddar; Caramelized Onion Baked Brie With Bacon; Green Bean Casserole and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 70% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 17 of 17 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 Stock sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#10,499 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#10,499
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 444 others that also appear in exactly 17 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
70%
Averaged label depth puts Ham Stock in the lower half of the list (70% of list length, mean slot 32.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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.

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 Stock

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 60708090100 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Ham Stock
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Ham Stock vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Ham Stock: 17 listings averaging 82.6/100.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the Ham Stock evidence

17 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ham Stock are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Check the listed products containing Ham Stock 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. Browse ingredient records
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. 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 Ham Stock

How should I read safety signals when Ham Stock sits in heavily flagged products?

100% 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 Stock is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Ham Stock?

Ham Stock ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,499 of 247,206), appearing in 17 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Ham Stock so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Ham Stock appears in 17 products (#10,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ham Stock). 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.