Jalapeno Peppers
Jalapeno Peppers appears in 4,176 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 Peppers appears in 4,176 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.
- 4,176
- catalogued products
- #247
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1,057
- named brands represented
- 46%
- 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 Peppers - usage rank #247
- Usage rank
- #247
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 46%
- Mean relative depth 46% across 4,186 parsed labels, slot 12.5 on average. Jalapeno Peppers 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.4% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Jalapeno Peppers spans 1057 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with 100 Calorie Guacamole Snack Packs; 100% all natural medium salsa, medium; 100% Artisan Foods, 100% Tamales, Jalapeno Pepper & Queso Fresco when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
1057 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 2852 of 4093 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 Peppers
Across the 4,176 products on this site that list Jalapeno Peppers, 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 Peppers products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 260 | 6.2% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 153 | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 121 | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 5 | 96 | 2.3% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 48 | 1.1% | 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 Peppers
Products Containing Jalapeno Peppers
16 busy labels from the 4,176 indexed products that list Jalapeno Peppers:
Jalapeno Peppers vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Jalapeno Peppers sits among other busy catalog rows (4,176 products, mean score 97.3/100). Nearest count peers include “Apple Cider Vinegar”, “Annatto Extract”, “Zinc Oxide”. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Jalapeno Peppers evidence
Start from Jalapeno Peppers's 4,176 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Jalapeno Peppers before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Jalapeno Peppers — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Jalapeno Peppers? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Jalapeno Peppers, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#247 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Jalapeno Peppers? ▼
Jalapeno Peppers ranks in the top decile by product count (#247 of 247,206), appearing in 4,176 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Jalapeno Peppers so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Jalapeno Peppers appears in 4,176 products (#247 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Jalapeno Peppers). 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.