Pecan
Pecan appears in 197 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
Pecan appears in 197 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.
- 197
- catalogued products
- #1,960
- usage rank of 247,206
- 85
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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.
Pecan: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,960 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,960
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 197 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Averaged label depth puts Pecan near the end of the captured list (78% of list length, mean slot 22.8). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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
Use prevalence before concern
Only 18.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Pecan spans 85 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 4 pk Assorted Yeast Raised Donuts; 51% dark chocolate, pecan coconut; A Dozen Sweet Bites when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 95.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
85 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 151 of 180 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 Pecan
Across the 197 products on this site that list Pecan, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Pecan products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 16 | 8.1% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 13 | 6.6% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 5 | 9 | 4.6% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 9 | 4.6% | 3.4% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 7 | 3.6% | 1.4% |
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 Pecan
Products Containing Pecan
16 busy labels from the 197 indexed products that list Pecan:
Pecan vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Pecan: 197 listings averaging 95.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Hydrolyzed · Non-gmo Expeller Pressed Canola Oil · Pumpkin Seed.
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.
Using the Pecan evidence
197 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Pecan are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Pecan before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Pecan with a peer such as “Hydrolyzed” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Pecan
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Pecan? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Pecan, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,960 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Pecan? ▼
Pecan ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,960 of 247,206), appearing in 197 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Pecan so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pecan appears in 197 products (#1,960 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pecan). 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.