Hierro
Hierro appears in 59 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
Hierro appears in 59 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.
- 59
- catalogued products
- #4,436
- usage rank of 247,206
- 24
- named brands represented
- 50%
- 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.
Hierro: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,436 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,436
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 62 others that also appear in exactly 59 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 50%
- Averaged label depth puts Hierro in the upper half of the list (50% of list length, mean slot 14.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 1.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Hierro spans 24 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Abejuelas de Miel; Alfajores 70% Cacao Puro; Alfajores Chocolate Blanco when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.2/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
24 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 38 of 47 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.
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 Hierro
Products Containing Hierro
High-volume slice (16 of 59) for products naming Hierro:
Hierro vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Hierro sits among other busy catalog rows (59 products, mean score 99.2/100). Nearest count peers include “100% Orange Juice From Concentrate”, “Organic Alfalfa Grass”, “Dried Ancho Pepper”. 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.
Using the Hierro evidence
59 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Hierro are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Hierro before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Hierro next to “Organic Alfalfa Grass” (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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Hierro
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Hierro? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Hierro, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,436 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hierro? ▼
Hierro ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,436 of 247,206), appearing in 59 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hierro so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hierro appears in 59 products (#4,436 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hierro). 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.