Plant Derived
Plant Derived appears in 91 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
Plant Derived appears in 91 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.
- 91
- catalogued products
- #3,352
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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
86.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Plant Derived as the trigger. Open records such as All natural pepperoni, mozzarella cheese in a puff pastry pie; Creamy Churn Style Premium Frozen Yogurt; Creamy Churn Style Premium Light Ice Cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 69% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
86.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 91 of 91 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.
Plant Derived sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,352 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,352
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 32 others that also appear in exactly 91 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Mean relative depth 69% across 91 parsed labels, slot 23.5 on average. Plant Derived tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Plant Derived
Across the 91 products on this site that list Plant Derived, 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 19x more often with Plant Derived than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Plant Derived products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 78 | 85.7% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 72 | 79.1% | 1.3% |
| Caramel Coloring | 14 | 15.4% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 11 | 12.1% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 10 | 11% | 4.2% |
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 Plant Derived
Products Containing Plant Derived
High-volume slice (16 of 91) for products naming Plant Derived:
High-volume peers for Plant Derived beside “28g”
Plant Derived sits among other busy catalog rows (91 products, mean score 80.4/100). Nearest count peers include “28g”, “30g”, “Acetate”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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 Plant Derived evidence
91 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Plant Derived are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Plant Derived before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Plant Derived next to “30g” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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 Plant Derived
How should I read safety signals when Plant Derived sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
86.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Plant Derived is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Plant Derived? ▼
Plant Derived ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,352 of 247,206), appearing in 91 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Plant Derived so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Plant Derived appears in 91 products (#3,352 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Plant Derived). 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.