Lavender
Lavender appears in 134 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
Lavender appears in 134 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.
- 134
- catalogued products
- #2,547
- usage rank of 247,206
- 79
- named brands represented
- 70%
- 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.
Lavender sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,547 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,547
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 16 others that also appear in exactly 134 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 70%
- Averaged label depth puts Lavender in the lower half of the list (70% of list length, mean slot 12.4). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 5.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Lavender spans 79 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 3in1 Soap; Agave dream, ice cream, lavender; Artisan Tonic Syrup when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
79 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 52 of 115 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 Lavender
Across the 134 products on this site that list Lavender, 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 Lavender products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 5 | 3.7% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 5 | 3.7% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 5 | 3.7% | 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 Lavender
Products Containing Lavender
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 134 indexed products containing Lavender:
Lavender vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Lavender sits among other busy catalog rows (134 products, mean score 96.3/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Acide Citrique · Aged Red Peppers · Black Pepper Extract. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Lavender evidence
Use the 134-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 Lavender to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Lavender? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Lavender, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,547 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Lavender? ▼
Lavender ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,547 of 247,206), appearing in 134 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 Lavender so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Lavender appears in 134 products (#2,547 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lavender). 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.