Mint Extract

Mint Extract appears in 51 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

Mint Extract appears in 51 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.

51
catalogued products
#4,904
usage rank of 247,206
23
named brands represented
87%
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.

High-volume listing for Mint Extract - usage rank #4,904

Usage rank
#4,904
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 66 others that also appear in exactly 51 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
87%
Mean relative depth 87% across 51 parsed labels, slot 12.1 on average. Mint Extract tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

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.

What this page can and cannot answer

Use prevalence before concern

Only 2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Mint Extract spans 23 named brands and is led by the Beverages group. Start with BLUEBERRY MINT; Buckleberry foods, chocolate mini truffles; Dark Mint Chocolate Chip when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

23 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 40 of 49 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 Mint Extract

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 16 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 99.9100.0100.0100100.0100.0100.1 00.00.00.1 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Mint Extract
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 (near “Agar Gum”)

Top-decile company for Mint Extract: 51 listings averaging 99.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Agar Gum; Aged Red Pepper; Alcohol Denat.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

What to do with this Mint Extract record

Use the 51-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 Mint Extract to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
  • Place Mint Extract next to “Aged Red Pepper” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Mint Extract — common follow-ups

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Mint Extract?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Mint Extract, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,904 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Mint Extract?

Mint Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,904 of 247,206), appearing in 51 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Mint Extract so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mint Extract appears in 51 products (#4,904 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mint Extract). 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.