Honey
Honey appears in 17,293 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
Honey appears in 17,293 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.
- 17,293
- catalogued products
- #56
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3,513
- named brands represented
- 49%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 3850 of 17293 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1 Hott Sauce; 100 Calorie Protein Snack; 100 Calorie Protein Snack Bar to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Honey itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
3850 of 17,293 linked records have some flagged component
All 16763 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Honey - usage rank #56
- Usage rank
- #56
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 49%
- Mean relative depth 49% across 17,368 parsed labels, slot 12.0 on average. Honey tends to sit in the upper 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Honey
Across the 17,293 products on this site that list Honey, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Honey products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 1,418 | 8.2% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 847 | 4.9% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 804 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 5 | 550 | 3.2% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 513 | 3% | 5.4% |
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 Honey
Products Containing Honey
16 busy labels from the 17,293 indexed products that list Honey:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Potassium Sorbate”)
Top-decile company for Honey: 17,293 listings averaging 94.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Potassium Sorbate; Butter; Yeast Extract.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Honey page
17,293 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Honey are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Honey before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Honey next to “Butter” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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
Does Honey carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Honey. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Honey? ▼
Honey ranks in the top decile by product count (#56 of 247,206), appearing in 17,293 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Honey so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Honey appears in 17,293 products (#56 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Honey). 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.