Red Star Nutritional Yeast
Red Star Nutritional Yeast appears in 2 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 Star Nutritional Yeast appears in 2 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.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 50%
- 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 Star Nutritional Yeast: above-median product count (beats 81.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 50%
- Mean relative depth 50% across 2 parsed labels, slot 3.5 on average. Red Star Nutritional Yeast tends to sit in the upper 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 Star Nutritional Yeast reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under uncategorized products, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Garlic Buttery-Style Spread; Zen Budda Buttery-Style Spread. 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 unclassified (0 of 0), 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.
Products Containing Red Star Nutritional Yeast
Full indexed set for Red Star Nutritional Yeast — 2 products:
Parallel catalog profiles to Red Star Nutritional Yeast
Peer axes for Red Star Nutritional Yeast: 2 products · mean score 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Red Star Nutritional Yeast page
Start from Red Star Nutritional Yeast's 2 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Red Star Nutritional Yeast to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Red Star Nutritional Yeast — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Red Star Nutritional Yeast? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Red Star Nutritional Yeast, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#46,185 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Where does Red Star Nutritional Yeast show up across the catalog? ▼
Red Star Nutritional Yeast sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Red Star Nutritional Yeast so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Red Star Nutritional Yeast. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Red Star Nutritional Yeast). 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.