Red Shiso Leaves
Red Shiso Leaves appears in 4 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 Shiso Leaves appears in 4 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.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 0
- named brands represented
- 97%
- 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 Shiso Leaves: above-median product count (beats 88.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #28,812
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 97%
- Averaged label depth puts Red Shiso Leaves near the end of the captured list (97% of list length, mean slot 43.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
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 Shiso Leaves reaches 0 named brands, most often appears under Meals, and typically sits near the end of the captured list. Product examples include Very veggie platter lg br; Very veggie platter lg wr; Very veggie platter sm br. 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 4), 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 4 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 Shiso Leaves
Products Containing Red Shiso Leaves
All 4 indexed products that name Red Shiso Leaves:
Parallel catalog profiles to Red Shiso Leaves
Red Shiso Leaves comparison set — 4 products, mean 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Red Shiso Leaves page
4 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Red Shiso Leaves are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Red Shiso Leaves to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Red Shiso Leaves? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Red Shiso Leaves, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#28,812 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Where does Red Shiso Leaves show up across the catalog? ▼
Red Shiso Leaves sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206). Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Red Shiso Leaves so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Red Shiso Leaves. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Red Shiso Leaves). 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.