Marinade
Marinade appears in 42 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
Marinade appears in 42 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.
- 42
- catalogued products
- #5,603
- usage rank of 247,206
- 16
- named brands represented
- 27%
- 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: 11 of 42 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Alaska Cod; Archer farms, dip, smoked salmon; Bumble bee, sensations, seasoned tuna medley, lemon & pepper to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 65–100 score range to Marinade itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Seafood supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
11 of 42 linked records have some flagged component
All 42 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 65–100 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.
High-volume listing for Marinade - usage rank #5,603
- Usage rank
- #5,603
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 93 others that also appear in exactly 42 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 27%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 42 products listing it (mean slot 12.8). Marinade usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 else is usually in the same product as Marinade
Across the 42 products on this site that list Marinade, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.9x more often with Marinade than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Marinade products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 16.7% | 5.7% |
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 Marinade
Products Containing Marinade
High-volume slice (16 of 42) for products naming Marinade:
Marinade vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Marinade: 42 listings averaging 97.5/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Marinade record
Use the 42-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 Marinade to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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
Does Marinade 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 Marinade. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Marinade? ▼
Marinade ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,603 of 247,206), appearing in 42 indexed products led by Seafood. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Marinade so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Marinade appears in 42 products (#5,603 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Marinade). 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.