Kurkuma
Kurkuma appears in 30 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
Kurkuma appears in 30 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.
- 30
- catalogued products
- #7,050
- usage rank of 247,206
- 25
- named brands represented
- 56%
- 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.
Kurkuma sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,050 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,050
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 171 others that also appear in exactly 30 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 56%
- Averaged label depth puts Kurkuma in the lower half of the list (56% of list length, mean slot 13.7). 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
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: Kurkuma reaches 25 named brands, most often appears under Plant-based foods and beverages, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include 5 Minuten Terrine – Kartoffelbrei mit Erbsen & Möhren; Bio-Gewürzmischung Madras Curry; Biologische Boeren Vanillevla. 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 (20 of 23), 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 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 Kurkuma
Products Containing Kurkuma
High-volume slice (16 of 30) for products naming Kurkuma:
Kurkuma vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Kurkuma: 30 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.
Using the Kurkuma evidence
30 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Kurkuma are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Kurkuma 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Kurkuma
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Kurkuma? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Kurkuma, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#7,050 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Kurkuma? ▼
Kurkuma ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,050 of 247,206), appearing in 30 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Kurkuma so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Kurkuma appears in 30 products (#7,050 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Kurkuma). 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.