Nutmeg
Nutmeg appears in 2,130 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
Nutmeg appears in 2,130 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.
- 2,130
- catalogued products
- #391
- usage rank of 247,206
- 798
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 451 of 2130 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 12 frosted cakes with spring strawberry flavored filling, spring strawberry; 12 S'Mores Flavored Cakes, 12 S'Mores; 35% Fruit And Fiber Muesli to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Nutmeg itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
451 of 2,130 linked records have some flagged component
All 2006 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.
Nutmeg sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#391 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #391
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 2,130 parsed labels, slot 20.2 on average. Nutmeg tends to sit near the end of the captured 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 else is usually in the same product as Nutmeg
Across the 2,130 products on this site that list Nutmeg, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 2.2x more often with Nutmeg than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Nutmeg products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 215 | 10.1% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 163 | 7.7% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 74 | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 60 | 2.8% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 50 | 2.3% | 5.4% |
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 Nutmeg
Products Containing Nutmeg
16 busy labels from the 2,130 indexed products that list Nutmeg:
High-volume peers for Nutmeg beside “Chocolate Chips”
High-volume peers for Nutmeg: 2,130 products, mean screening score 96/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Chocolate Chips · Thyme · Whole Grain Rolled Oats. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Nutmeg record
Start from Nutmeg's 2,130 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Nutmeg before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Nutmeg next to “Thyme” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Nutmeg
Does Nutmeg 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 Nutmeg. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Nutmeg? ▼
Nutmeg ranks in the top decile by product count (#391 of 247,206), appearing in 2,130 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Nutmeg so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Nutmeg appears in 2,130 products (#391 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Nutmeg). 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.