Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed appears in 4,263 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
Mustard Seed appears in 4,263 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.
- 4,263
- catalogued products
- #244
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1,055
- named brands represented
- 49%
- 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: 1082 of 4263 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% natural honey dijon mustard, honey dijon; 12 mini crabcakes; 365 Barbeque Sauce to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Mustard Seed itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
1082 of 4,263 linked records have some flagged component
All 4182 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
Mustard Seed: top-decile catalog footprint (#244 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #244
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 49%
- Averaged label depth puts Mustard Seed in the upper half of the list (49% of list length, mean slot 13.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 else is usually in the same product as Mustard Seed
Across the 4,263 products on this site that list Mustard Seed, 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 2.5x more often with Mustard Seed than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Mustard Seed products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 603 | 14.1% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 183 | 4.3% | 1.3% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 161 | 3.8% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 144 | 3.4% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 5 | 137 | 3.2% | 4.8% |
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 Mustard Seed
Products Containing Mustard Seed
16 busy labels from the 4,263 indexed products that list Mustard Seed:
Mustard Seed vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Mustard Seed sits among other busy catalog rows (4,263 products, mean score 96.4/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Food Starch-modified; Carrot; Egg. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Mustard Seed record
Use the 4,263-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 Mustard Seed to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Mustard Seed next to “Carrot” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Mustard Seed 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 Mustard Seed. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mustard Seed? ▼
Mustard Seed ranks in the top decile by product count (#244 of 247,206), appearing in 4,263 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Mustard Seed so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mustard Seed appears in 4,263 products (#244 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mustard Seed). 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.