Russet Potatoes
Russet Potatoes appears in 112 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
Russet Potatoes appears in 112 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.
- 112
- catalogued products
- #2,903
- usage rank of 247,206
- 44
- named brands represented
- 11%
- 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.
Russet Potatoes: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,903 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,903
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 13 others that also appear in exactly 112 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 11%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 112 products listing it (mean slot 4.1). Russet Potatoes usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 17.9% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Russet Potatoes spans 44 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Barbecue Seasoned Steak with Potatoes; Beef Chimichurri; Beef Merlot when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.2/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
44 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 66 of 103 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 Russet Potatoes
Across the 112 products on this site that list Russet Potatoes, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 2.2x more often with Russet Potatoes than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Russet Potatoes products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 11 | 9.8% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 8 | 7.1% | 5.7% |
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 Russet Potatoes
Products Containing Russet Potatoes
High-volume slice (16 of 112) for products naming Russet Potatoes:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Chili Pepper And Other Spices”)
High-volume peers for Russet Potatoes: 112 products, mean screening score 98.2/100. Nearest count peers include “Chili Pepper And Other Spices”, “Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil”, “Flaxseed Oil”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Russet Potatoes page
112 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Russet Potatoes are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Russet Potatoes before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Russet Potatoes next to “Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Questions readers ask about Russet Potatoes
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Russet Potatoes? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Russet Potatoes, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,903 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Russet Potatoes? ▼
Russet Potatoes ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,903 of 247,206), appearing in 112 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Russet Potatoes so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Russet Potatoes appears in 112 products (#2,903 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Russet Potatoes). 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.