Pie Shell
Pie Shell appears in 24 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 Shell appears in 24 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.
- 24
- catalogued products
- #8,251
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 29%
- 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: 8 of 24 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare A Classic, Prepared With Whole Eggs, Swiss Cheese & Savory Bacon Quiche Lorraine, Whole Eggs, Swiss Cheese & Savory Bacon; Asparagus - Portabella Quiche; Broccoli & Cheddar Quiche to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 50–100 score range to Pie Shell itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
8 of 24 linked records have some flagged component
All 24 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 50–100 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 Pie Shell - usage rank #8,251
- Usage rank
- #8,251
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 260 others that also appear in exactly 24 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 29%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 24 products listing it (mean slot 17.5). Pie Shell usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 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 Pie Shell
Products Containing Pie Shell
High-volume slice (16 of 24) for products naming Pie Shell:
High-volume peers for Pie Shell
High-volume peers for Pie Shell: 24 products, mean screening score 96.5/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Pie Shell page
Start from Pie Shell's 24 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Pie Shell and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Pie Shell — common follow-ups
Does Pie Shell 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 Pie Shell. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Pie Shell? ▼
Pie Shell ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,251 of 247,206), appearing in 24 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Pie Shell so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pie Shell appears in 24 products (#8,251 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pie Shell). 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.