Pie Chips

Pie Chips appears in 12 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

Pie Chips appears in 12 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.

12
catalogued products
#13,357
usage rank of 247,206
6
named brands represented
57%
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

Audit the co-occurring flags first

100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Pie Chips as the trigger. Open records such as Ice Cream; Limited Edition Premium Ice Cream; Lovin, gourmet light ice cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 57% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 12 of 12 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.

Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.

Pie Chips: top-decile catalog footprint (#13,357 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#13,357
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 832 others that also appear in exactly 12 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
57%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 12 products listing it (mean slot 17.3). Pie Chips usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 12 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 Pie Chips

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 12 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 406080100 0.511.522.533.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Pie Chips Ice CreamLimited Edition Premium Ice CreamLovin, gourmet light ice creamMarket pantry, ice cream, pumpkin piePremium Ice CreamPremium Ice CreamPremium Ice CreamPremium Ice CreamPremium Ice CreamSuper premium blueberry pie fountain ice creamIce creamPumpkin pie premium ice cream, pumpkin pie
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 Pie Chips

Top-decile company for Pie Chips: 12 listings averaging 87.1/100.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Using the Pie Chips evidence

Start from Pie Chips's 12 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Check the listed products containing Pie Chips before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. 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 Pie Chips

How should I read safety signals when Pie Chips sits in heavily flagged products?

100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Pie Chips is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Pie Chips?

Pie Chips ranks in the top decile by product count (#13,357 of 247,206), appearing in 12 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Pie Chips so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pie Chips appears in 12 products (#13,357 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pie Chips). 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.