Onion Flavoring
Onion Flavoring appears in 72 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 Flavoring appears in 72 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.
- 72
- catalogued products
- #3,897
- usage rank of 247,206
- 37
- named brands represented
- 87%
- 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 Onion Flavoring - usage rank #3,897
- Usage rank
- #3,897
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 39 others that also appear in exactly 72 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 87%
- Averaged label depth puts Onion Flavoring near the end of the captured list (87% of list length, mean slot 17.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 15.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Onion Flavoring spans 37 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with CHICKEN SAUSAGE; Clover valley, mixed vegetables; Country Blend Mixed Vegetables when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
37 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 72 of 72 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Onion Flavoring
Across the 72 products on this site that list Onion Flavoring, 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 Onion Flavoring than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Onion Flavoring products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 7 | 9.7% | 4.5% |
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 Flavoring
Products Containing Onion Flavoring
16 busy labels from the 72 indexed products that list Onion Flavoring:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Added To Retain Moisture”)
High-volume peers for Onion Flavoring: 72 products, mean screening score 97.4/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Added To Retain Moisture · Almond Oil · Natural Banana Flavoring. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Onion Flavoring record
Use the 72-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Onion Flavoring and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Onion Flavoring? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Onion Flavoring, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,897 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Onion Flavoring? ▼
Onion Flavoring ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,897 of 247,206), appearing in 72 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Onion Flavoring so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Onion Flavoring appears in 72 products (#3,897 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Onion Flavoring). 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.