Red Hot Chili
Red Hot Chili appears in 7 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
Red Hot Chili appears in 7 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.
- 7
- catalogued products
- #19,546
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 60%
- 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.
Red Hot Chili: top-decile catalog footprint (#19,546 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #19,546
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,185 others that also appear in exactly 7 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 60%
- Mean relative depth 60% across 7 parsed labels, slot 21.1 on average. Red Hot Chili tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Red Hot Chili reaches 4 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Chili Crisp; Grilled Artichokes; Original Heat Chili Crisp Szechuan Chili Oil. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (4 of 7), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 7 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 Red Hot Chili
Products Containing Red Hot Chili
A sample of 7 high-volume listings among the 7 indexed products containing Red Hot Chili:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Red Hot Chili: 7 listings averaging 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Red Hot Chili page
7 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Red Hot Chili are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Red Hot Chili to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Red Hot Chili — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Red Hot Chili? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Red Hot Chili, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#19,546 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Red Hot Chili? ▼
Red Hot Chili ranks in the top decile by product count (#19,546 of 247,206), appearing in 7 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Red Hot Chili so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Red Hot Chili appears in 7 products (#19,546 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Red Hot Chili). 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.