Lemon Essence
Lemon Essence carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 16 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Lemon Essence appears in 16 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 16
- catalogued products
- #10,944
- usage rank of 247,206
- 5
- named brands represented
- 77%
- 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.
Lemon Essence sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#10,944 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #10,944
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 504 others that also appear in exactly 16 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 77%
- Averaged label depth puts Lemon Essence near the end of the captured list (77% of list length, mean slot 14.4). 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 4 of 16 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Barbecue Sauce; Blossom Water Drink; Brambleberry Tea 13.8 Fluid Ounce Glass Bottle to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 75–100 score range to Lemon Essence itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
4 of 16 linked records have some flagged component
All 14 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 75–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Function
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
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 Lemon Essence
Products Containing Lemon Essence
16 busy labels from the 16 indexed products that list Lemon Essence:
Lemon Essence vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Lemon Essence: 16 listings averaging 97.5/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Lemon Essence evidence
16 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Lemon Essence are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Lemon Essence to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Lemon Essence
Does Lemon Essence carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Lemon Essence itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "GRAS" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Lemon Essence? ▼
Lemon Essence ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,944 of 247,206), appearing in 16 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Lemon Essence do in food? ▼
Lemon Essence is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lemon Essence). 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.