Mesquite Smoke Flavor
Mesquite Smoke Flavor appears in 207 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
Mesquite Smoke Flavor appears in 207 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.
- 207
- catalogued products
- #1,877
- usage rank of 247,206
- 94
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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: 86 of 207 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 6 backyard bbq boneless patties; Al Fresco Roasted Pepper & Asiago Chicken Sausage; ALASKA SALMON BURGERS to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 65–100 score range to Mesquite Smoke Flavor itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
86 of 207 linked records have some flagged component
All 203 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.
Mesquite Smoke Flavor sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,877 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,877
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 9 others that also appear in exactly 211 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 211 parsed labels, slot 21.6 on average. Mesquite Smoke Flavor tends to sit near the end 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Mesquite Smoke Flavor
Across the 207 products on this site that list Mesquite Smoke Flavor, 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 4.6x more often with Mesquite Smoke Flavor than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Mesquite Smoke Flavor products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 54 | 26.1% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 28 | 13.5% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 22 | 10.6% | 2.4% |
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 Mesquite Smoke Flavor
Products Containing Mesquite Smoke Flavor
High-volume slice (16 of 207) for products naming Mesquite Smoke Flavor:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Aroma”)
High-volume peers for Mesquite Smoke Flavor: 207 products, mean screening score 95.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Aroma; Egg White Lysozyme; Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Mesquite Smoke Flavor evidence
Use the 207-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 Mesquite Smoke Flavor to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Mesquite Smoke Flavor
Does Mesquite Smoke Flavor 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 Mesquite Smoke Flavor. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mesquite Smoke Flavor? ▼
Mesquite Smoke Flavor ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,877 of 247,206), appearing in 207 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Mesquite Smoke Flavor so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mesquite Smoke Flavor appears in 207 products (#1,877 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mesquite Smoke Flavor). 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.