Jalapeno Powder
Jalapeno Powder appears in 226 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 Powder appears in 226 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.
- 226
- catalogued products
- #1,801
- usage rank of 247,206
- 100
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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 Powder - usage rank #1,801
- Usage rank
- #1,801
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 226 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Averaged label depth puts Jalapeno Powder in the lower half of the list (73% of list length, mean slot 16.3). 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 12.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Jalapeno Powder spans 100 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with American Pride, Wild Alaska Pollock Flaky Fillets With A Lemon Pepper Crust, Lemon Pepper; Basmati rice, zesty lime cilantro; Batch #37 salsa, habanero garlic when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.2/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
100 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 161 of 222 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 Powder
Across the 226 products on this site that list Jalapeno Powder, 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 Powder products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 6 | 10 | 4.4% | 3.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 9 | 4% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 7 | 3.1% | 2.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 7 | 3.1% | 4.8% |
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 Powder
Products Containing Jalapeno Powder
16 busy labels from the 226 indexed products that list Jalapeno Powder:
Jalapeno Powder vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Jalapeno Powder sits among other busy catalog rows (226 products, mean score 96.2/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Chia · Fontina Cheese · Natural Chocolate Flavor. 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 Jalapeno Powder evidence
Use the 226-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Jalapeno Powder to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Jalapeno Powder next to “Fontina Cheese” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
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 Jalapeno Powder? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Jalapeno Powder, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,801 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Jalapeno Powder? ▼
Jalapeno Powder ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,801 of 247,206), appearing in 226 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Jalapeno Powder so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Jalapeno Powder appears in 226 products (#1,801 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Jalapeno Powder). 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.