Pectin Natural Flavor

Pectin Natural Flavor appears in 10 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

Pectin Natural Flavor appears in 10 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.

10
catalogued products
#15,180
usage rank of 247,206
6
named brands represented
62%
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.

What this page can and cannot answer

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 2 of 10 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Angelo, gelato italiano, gourmet ice cream, strawberry; Bedre, Dark Chocolate, Raspberry; GREEK VANILLA BEAN FLAVORED WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS GRADE A WHOLE MILK YOGURT to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 70–100 score range to Pectin Natural Flavor itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Desserts supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

2 of 10 linked records have some flagged component

All 10 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 70–100 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 Pectin Natural Flavor - usage rank #15,180

Usage rank
#15,180
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,209 others that also appear in exactly 10 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
62%
Mean relative depth 62% across 10 parsed labels, slot 9.6 on average. Pectin Natural Flavor 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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 10 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 Pectin Natural Flavor

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 60708090100110 00.511.522.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Pectin Natural Flavor Angelo, gelato italiano, gourmet ice cream, strawberryBedre, Dark Chocolate, RaspberryGREEK VANILLA BEAN FLAVORED WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS GRADE A WHOLE MILK YOGURTNonfat Greek YogurtStrawberry Morning SmoothieZしそ海苔なっと (Shiso Nori Natto)bubblr sparling waterCedar Crest Raspberry Sorbetdark chocolate blueberry acaiMini chocolate gelato
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Pectin Natural Flavor

Top-decile company for Pectin Natural Flavor: 10 listings averaging 94.5/100.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the Pectin Natural Flavor evidence

Start from Pectin Natural Flavor's 10 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Pectin Natural Flavor to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
  • 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

Does Pectin Natural Flavor 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 Pectin Natural Flavor. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Pectin Natural Flavor?

Pectin Natural Flavor ranks in the top decile by product count (#15,180 of 247,206), appearing in 10 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Pectin Natural Flavor so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pectin Natural Flavor appears in 10 products (#15,180 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pectin Natural Flavor). 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.