Koji Spores
Koji Spores appears in 121 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
Koji Spores appears in 121 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.
- 121
- catalogued products
- #2,754
- usage rank of 247,206
- 45
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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.
Koji Spores sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,754 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,754
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 14 others that also appear in exactly 121 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 121 products listing it (mean slot 16.2). Koji Spores 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.
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 17.4% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Koji Spores spans 45 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with 3 Cheese & Kale Bake; Amy's, harvest casserole bowls; Artisan Vegan Salami Smoky Soppressata when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
45 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 61 of 114 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 Koji Spores
Across the 121 products on this site that list Koji Spores, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 2.6x more often with Koji Spores than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Koji Spores products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 14 | 11.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 5.8% | 5.7% |
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 Koji Spores
Products Containing Koji Spores
16 busy labels from the 121 indexed products that list Koji Spores:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Cane Vinegar”)
Koji Spores sits among other busy catalog rows (121 products, mean score 99.1/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Cane Vinegar · Caramel Swirl · Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake. 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.
What to do with this Koji Spores record
121 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Koji Spores are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Koji Spores and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Koji Spores next to “Caramel Swirl” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- 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 Koji Spores? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Koji Spores, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,754 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Koji Spores? ▼
Koji Spores ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,754 of 247,206), appearing in 121 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Koji Spores so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Koji Spores appears in 121 products (#2,754 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Koji Spores). 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.