Rosemary Extract

Rosemary Extract appears in 3,193 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

Rosemary Extract appears in 3,193 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.

3,193
catalogued products
#292
usage rank of 247,206
723
named brands represented
84%
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 Rosemary Extract - usage rank #292

Usage rank
#292
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
84%
Mean relative depth 84% across 3,194 parsed labels, slot 17.5 on average. Rosemary Extract tends to sit near the end of the captured 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

Use prevalence before concern

Only 14.4% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Rosemary Extract spans 723 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 100% Grass Fed Homestyle Meatballs; 100% Natural Non-Stick Canola Cooking Spray Oil; 100% Whole Wheat Pretzels when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.0/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

723 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 2424 of 3075 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.

What else is usually in the same product as Rosemary Extract

Across the 3,193 products on this site that list Rosemary Extract, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set.

Caramel Coloring: -1.9ppCaramel Coloring-1.9ppRed 40: -2.6ppRed 40-2.6ppSodium Nitrite: +0.3ppSodium Nitrite+0.3ppPolysorbate 60: +1.2ppPolysorbate 60+1.2ppBlue 1: -1.8ppBlue 1-1.8pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Rosemary Extract products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Caramel Coloring
-1.9pp
Red 40
-2.6pp
Sodium Nitrite
0.3pp
Polysorbate 60
1.2pp
Blue 1
-1.8pp
Additive Shared products Share of Rosemary Extract products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 120 3.8% 5.7%
Red 40 89 2.8% 5.4%
Sodium Nitrite 86 2.7% 2.4%
Polysorbate 60 82 2.6% 1.4%
Blue 1 77 2.4% 4.2%

Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.

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 Rosemary Extract

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 Rosemary Extract
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.

Rosemary Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Rosemary Extract sits among other busy catalog rows (3,193 products, mean score 96/100). Nearest count peers include “Vitamin B3”, “Ammonium Bicarbonate”, “Enriched Bleached Flour”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

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 Rosemary Extract page

3,193 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Rosemary Extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Check the listed products containing Rosemary Extract before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
  • Compare Rosemary Extract with a peer such as “Vitamin B3” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Rosemary Extract?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Rosemary Extract, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#292 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Rosemary Extract?

Rosemary Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#292 of 247,206), appearing in 3,193 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Rosemary Extract so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Rosemary Extract appears in 3,193 products (#292 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Rosemary Extract). 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.