Hard Salami
Hard Salami appears in 25 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
Hard Salami appears in 25 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.
- 25
- catalogued products
- #8,001
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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
96% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Hard Salami as the trigger. Open records such as Hard Salami, Cranberry M mozzarella Appetaggio; Italian style hoagie; Sicilian Recipe and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 54.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 68% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
96% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 25 of 25 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.
Hard Salami sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#8,001 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #8,001
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 249 others that also appear in exactly 25 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Mean relative depth 68% across 25 parsed labels, slot 43.5 on average. Hard Salami tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Hard Salami
Products Containing Hard Salami
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 25 indexed products containing Hard Salami:
Hard Salami vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Hard Salami: 25 products, mean screening score 54/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Hard Salami evidence
Use the 25-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Hard Salami and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- 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. Read the methodology
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 Hard Salami sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
96% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Hard Salami is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hard Salami? ▼
Hard Salami ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,001 of 247,206), appearing in 25 indexed products led by Sandwiches. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hard Salami so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hard Salami appears in 25 products (#8,001 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hard Salami). 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.