Horsetail
Horsetail appears in 10 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
Horsetail appears in 10 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.
- 10
- catalogued products
- #15,180
- usage rank of 247,206
- 8
- 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.
Horsetail: top-decile catalog footprint (#15,180 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #15,180
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,209 others that also appear in exactly 10 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Averaged label depth puts Horsetail in the lower half of the list (68% of list length, mean slot 25.3). 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Horsetail reaches 8 named brands, most often appears under Beverages, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Brew dr. kombucha, nutritonic; Diet Tea; Green Minerals. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (6 of 9), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 10 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 Horsetail
Products Containing Horsetail
A sample of 10 high-volume listings among the 10 indexed products containing Horsetail:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Horsetail: 10 products, mean screening score 100/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Horsetail page
10 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Horsetail are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Horsetail and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Horsetail? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Horsetail, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#15,180 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Horsetail? ▼
Horsetail ranks in the top decile by product count (#15,180 of 247,206), appearing in 10 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Horsetail so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Horsetail appears in 10 products (#15,180 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Horsetail). 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.