Lotus Root

Lotus Root appears in 9 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

Lotus Root appears in 9 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.

9
catalogued products
#16,390
usage rank of 247,206
7
named brands represented
24%
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.

How to use this page

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 2 of 9 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bioactive Men's 50+ One Daily Multi; CRISPY GOLDEN APPETIZER TRIO; Dokkan Aburadas Premium to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 75–100 score range to Lotus Root itself. The ingredient most often sits near the top of the captured list, and Salted-snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

2 of 9 linked records have some flagged component

All 9 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.

Lotus Root: top-decile catalog footprint (#16,390 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#16,390
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,423 others that also appear in exactly 9 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
24%
Mean relative depth 24% across 9 parsed labels, slot 14.8 on average. Lotus Root tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

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 do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 9 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 Lotus Root

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 708090100110 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Lotus Root Bioactive Men's 50+ One Daily MultiCRISPY GOLDEN APPETIZER TRIODokkan Aburadas PremiumFukujinzukeFukujinzuke Vegetables Seasoned In Soy SaucePickle vegetablesSuper, dried lotus rootLotus chipsMixed vegetables taro, lotus root, carrots, bamboo shoots, burdock root, shiitake mushroom, mixed vegetables
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Lotus Root vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Lotus Root: 9 listings averaging 96.7/100.

Similar mean product score

Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.

Using the Lotus Root evidence

Use the 9-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Open the product sample for Lotus Root and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
  • 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.

Lotus Root — common follow-ups

Does Lotus Root carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Lotus Root. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Lotus Root?

Lotus Root ranks in the top decile by product count (#16,390 of 247,206), appearing in 9 indexed products led by Salted-snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Lotus Root so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Lotus Root appears in 9 products (#16,390 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lotus Root). 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.