Lepidium Meyenii
Lepidium Meyenii appears in 18 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
Lepidium Meyenii appears in 18 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.
- 18
- catalogued products
- #10,099
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- named brands represented
- 50%
- 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 Lepidium Meyenii - usage rank #10,099
- Usage rank
- #10,099
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 399 others that also appear in exactly 18 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 50%
- Averaged label depth puts Lepidium Meyenii in the upper half of the list (50% of list length, mean slot 11.6). 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 5.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Lepidium Meyenii spans 13 named brands and is led by the Beverages group. Start with Amazing Ashwa; Chai Ka’chava; Dietary supplement when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
13 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 9 of 15 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.
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 Lepidium Meyenii
Products Containing Lepidium Meyenii
16 busy labels from the 18 indexed products that list Lepidium Meyenii:
High-volume peers for Lepidium Meyenii
Top-decile company for Lepidium Meyenii: 18 listings averaging 98.3/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Lepidium Meyenii page
18 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Lepidium Meyenii are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Lepidium Meyenii to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Questions readers ask about Lepidium Meyenii
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Lepidium Meyenii? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Lepidium Meyenii, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#10,099 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Lepidium Meyenii? ▼
Lepidium Meyenii ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,099 of 247,206), appearing in 18 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Lepidium Meyenii so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Lepidium Meyenii appears in 18 products (#10,099 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lepidium Meyenii). 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.