Quince
Quince appears in 39 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
Quince appears in 39 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.
- 39
- catalogued products
- #5,893
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- 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.
High-volume listing for Quince - usage rank #5,893
- Usage rank
- #5,893
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 113 others that also appear in exactly 39 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 29%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 39 products listing it (mean slot 11.7). Quince 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 5.1% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Quince spans 21 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Chef Benebueno Confections, Cookies, Tropical Fruit; Chompie's, chanukah assortment; Cookie Assortment when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
21 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 32 of 37 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.
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 Quince
Products Containing Quince
16 busy labels from the 39 indexed products that list Quince:
High-volume peers for Quince
Top-decile company for Quince: 39 listings averaging 98.7/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Quince record
39 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Quince are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Quince and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Quince? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Quince, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#5,893 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Quince? ▼
Quince ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,893 of 247,206), appearing in 39 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Quince so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Quince appears in 39 products (#5,893 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Quince). 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.