Ripe Tomatoes

Ripe Tomatoes appears in 22 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

Ripe Tomatoes appears in 22 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.

22
catalogued products
#8,787
usage rank of 247,206
7
named brands represented
12%
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.

Ripe Tomatoes: top-decile catalog footprint (#8,787 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#8,787
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 249 others that also appear in exactly 22 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
12%
Averaged label depth puts Ripe Tomatoes near the top of the captured list (12% of list length, mean slot 2.3). 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.

How to use this page

Use prevalence before concern

Only 4.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Ripe Tomatoes spans 7 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with All Natural; Hot Salsa; Medium Salsa when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

7 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 16 of 20 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 Ripe Tomatoes

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 949698100102 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Ripe Tomatoes
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass

Top-decile company for Ripe Tomatoes: 22 listings averaging 99.8/100.

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 Ripe Tomatoes record

22 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ripe Tomatoes are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Ripe Tomatoes

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Ripe Tomatoes?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Ripe Tomatoes, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#8,787 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Ripe Tomatoes?

Ripe Tomatoes ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,787 of 247,206), appearing in 22 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Ripe Tomatoes so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Ripe Tomatoes appears in 22 products (#8,787 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ripe Tomatoes). 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.