Nigella Sativa
Nigella Sativa appears in 17 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
Nigella Sativa appears in 17 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.
- 17
- catalogued products
- #10,499
- usage rank of 247,206
- 11
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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 Nigella Sativa - usage rank #10,499
- Usage rank
- #10,499
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 444 others that also appear in exactly 17 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Mean relative depth 61% across 17 parsed labels, slot 15.3 on average. Nigella Sativa tends to sit in the lower half of the 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 this page can and cannot answer
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Nigella Sativa reaches 11 named brands, most often appears under Dietary supplements, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Black Seed; Black Seed 100% Pure Cold-pressed Black Cumin Seed Oil; Black Seed GROUND SEED. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (7 of 11), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
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 Nigella Sativa
Products Containing Nigella Sativa
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 17 indexed products containing Nigella Sativa:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Nigella Sativa: 17 listings averaging 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Nigella Sativa page
Start from Nigella Sativa's 17 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Nigella Sativa and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Nigella Sativa — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Nigella Sativa? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Nigella Sativa, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#10,499 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Nigella Sativa? ▼
Nigella Sativa ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,499 of 247,206), appearing in 17 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Nigella Sativa so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Nigella Sativa appears in 17 products (#10,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Nigella Sativa). 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.