Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring

Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring appears in 12 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

Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring appears in 12 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.

12
catalogued products
#13,357
usage rank of 247,206
5
named brands represented
62%
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: 5 of 12 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bacon Flavor Cheddar Sausage, Bacon; Gold buckle brisket & fajita sauce; Mesquite barbecue seasoning, mesquite barbecue to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 55–100 score range to Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

5 of 12 linked records have some flagged component

All 12 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 55–100 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.

Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring: top-decile catalog footprint (#13,357 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#13,357
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 832 others that also appear in exactly 12 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
62%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 12 products listing it (mean slot 16.4). Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 12 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 Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring

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 12 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 5060708090100110 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring Bacon Flavor Cheddar Sausage, BaconGold buckle brisket & fajita sauceMesquite barbecue seasoning, mesquite barbecueSmoky Mesquite Liquid MarinadeTexas Brisket RubArtisan style chipotle brioche bread, spicy chickenChef saladMesquite barbequeMesquite barbeque coconut oil kettle cooked potato chips, mesquite barbequeSpicy smoked chicken pepper jack cheese & sriracha aioli on chipotle brioche bread sandwich, spicy smoked chickenTex-Mex FusionTurkey & bacon cobb salad
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.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass

Top-decile company for Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring: 12 listings averaging 91.7/100.

Similar mean product score

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

Using the Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring evidence

Start from Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring's 12 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Check the listed products containing Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
  • Compare another ingredient’s 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.

Questions readers ask about Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring

Does Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring 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 Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring?

Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring ranks in the top decile by product count (#13,357 of 247,206), appearing in 12 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring appears in 12 products (#13,357 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavoring). 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.