Jalapeno
Jalapeno appears in 777 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
Jalapeno appears in 777 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.
- 777
- catalogued products
- #778
- usage rank of 247,206
- 341
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Jalapeno - usage rank #778
- Usage rank
- #778
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 778 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 778 products listing it (mean slot 14.1). Jalapeno usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 12.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Jalapeno spans 341 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with 1 Hott Sauce; A Medley Of Gourmet; A&B American Style, Organic Pepper Sauce when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
341 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 490 of 746 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Jalapeno
Across the 777 products on this site that list Jalapeno, 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 Jalapeno products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 30 | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 29 | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 27 | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 11 | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 8 | 1% | 3.4% |
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 Jalapeno
Products Containing Jalapeno
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 777 indexed products containing Jalapeno:
High-volume peers for Jalapeno beside “Raspberry”
High-volume peers for Jalapeno: 777 products, mean screening score 97.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Raspberry; Carmine; Spinach Powder. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
What to do with this Jalapeno record
777 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Jalapeno are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Jalapeno before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- 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.
Jalapeno — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Jalapeno? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Jalapeno, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#778 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Jalapeno? ▼
Jalapeno ranks in the top decile by product count (#778 of 247,206), appearing in 777 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Jalapeno so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Jalapeno appears in 777 products (#778 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Jalapeno). 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.