Mandarin Orange Segments
Mandarin Orange Segments appears in 74 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
Mandarin Orange Segments appears in 74 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.
- 74
- catalogued products
- #3,840
- usage rank of 247,206
- 40
- named brands represented
- 9%
- 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.
Mandarin Orange Segments: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,840 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,840
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 23 others that also appear in exactly 74 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 9%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 74 products listing it (mean slot 5.2). Mandarin Orange Segments usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 12.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Mandarin Orange Segments spans 40 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Asian Salad With Sesame Ginger Dressing; Asian Style Salad With Chicken; California Broccoli Salad when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
40 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 55 of 74 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 Mandarin Orange Segments
Products Containing Mandarin Orange Segments
High-volume slice (16 of 74) for products naming Mandarin Orange Segments:
High-volume peers for Mandarin Orange Segments beside “100% Natural Coconut Water”
Mandarin Orange Segments sits among other busy catalog rows (74 products, mean score 98.6/100). Nearest count peers include “100% Natural Coconut Water”, “Bha & Bht Added To Protect Flavor”, “Brine”. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Mandarin Orange Segments evidence
Start from Mandarin Orange Segments's 74 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Mandarin Orange Segments before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Mandarin Orange Segments with a peer such as “100% Natural Coconut Water” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Mandarin Orange Segments — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Mandarin Orange Segments? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Mandarin Orange Segments, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,840 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mandarin Orange Segments? ▼
Mandarin Orange Segments ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,840 of 247,206), appearing in 74 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 Mandarin Orange Segments so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mandarin Orange Segments appears in 74 products (#3,840 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mandarin Orange Segments). 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.