Nigari
Nigari appears in 144 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
Nigari appears in 144 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.
- 144
- catalogued products
- #2,417
- usage rank of 247,206
- 39
- named brands represented
- 42%
- 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 Nigari - usage rank #2,417
- Usage rank
- #2,417
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 144 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 42%
- Mean relative depth 42% across 144 parsed labels, slot 8.7 on average. Nigari tends to sit in the upper half of the 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 4.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Nigari spans 39 named brands and is led by the Undefined group. Start with 365 everyday value, organic vegan lasagna; Amy's, harvest casserole bowls; Amy's, snacks, samosas, made with organic wheat and vegetables when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
39 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 89 of 141 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 Nigari
Products Containing Nigari
16 busy labels from the 144 indexed products that list Nigari:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Cajun Seasoning”)
Nigari sits among other busy catalog rows (144 products, mean score 99.7/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cajun Seasoning; Cholesterol; From Chicory Root. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Nigari evidence
144 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Nigari are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Nigari before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- 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 Nigari
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Nigari? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Nigari, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,417 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Nigari? ▼
Nigari ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,417 of 247,206), appearing in 144 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Nigari so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Nigari appears in 144 products (#2,417 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Nigari). 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.