Onion Extract
Onion Extract appears in 379 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
Onion Extract appears in 379 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.
- 379
- catalogued products
- #1,254
- usage rank of 247,206
- 85
- named brands represented
- 82%
- 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: 104 of 379 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 25% Less Sodium Chicken Noodle Soup; 90 second rice roasted chicken; Air Fryer Oil to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 55–100 score range to Onion Extract itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
104 of 379 linked records have some flagged component
All 367 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 55–100 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.
High-volume listing for Onion Extract - usage rank #1,254
- Usage rank
- #1,254
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 5 others that also appear in exactly 379 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 82%
- Mean relative depth 82% across 379 parsed labels, slot 23.2 on average. Onion Extract tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Onion Extract
Across the 379 products on this site that list Onion Extract, 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 3.3x more often with Onion Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Onion Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 72 | 19% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 22 | 5.8% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 15 | 4% | 2.4% |
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 Onion Extract
Products Containing Onion Extract
16 busy labels from the 379 indexed products that list Onion Extract:
Onion Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Onion Extract: 379 products, mean screening score 97.7/100. Nearest count peers include “Ferric Phosphate”, “Invert Cane Syrup”, “Jalapeño Peppers”. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Onion Extract record
379 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Onion Extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Onion Extract and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Onion Extract next to “Invert Cane Syrup” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Onion Extract 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 Onion Extract. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Onion Extract? ▼
Onion Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,254 of 247,206), appearing in 379 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Onion Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Onion Extract appears in 379 products (#1,254 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Onion 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.