Rye
Rye appears in 597 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
Rye appears in 597 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.
- 597
- catalogued products
- #942
- usage rank of 247,206
- 207
- named brands represented
- 39%
- 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 Rye - usage rank #942
- Usage rank
- #942
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 597 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 39%
- Mean relative depth 39% across 597 parsed labels, slot 11.9 on average. Rye tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 11.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Rye spans 207 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 10-Grain Pancake Mix; 100% whole wheat; 12 grain when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
207 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 427 of 569 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 Rye
Across the 597 products on this site that list Rye, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Rye products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 43 | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| Potassium Iodate | 18 | 3% | 0.2% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 13 | 2.2% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 10 | 1.7% | 4.5% |
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 Rye
Products Containing Rye
High-volume slice (16 of 597) for products naming Rye:
High-volume peers for Rye beside “Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor”
Top-decile company for Rye: 597 listings averaging 98.8/100. Nearest count peers include “Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor”, “Ham”, “Vanilla Beans”.
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.
Using the Rye evidence
Start from Rye's 597 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Rye to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare Rye with a peer such as “Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Rye — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Rye? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Rye, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#942 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Rye? ▼
Rye ranks in the top decile by product count (#942 of 247,206), appearing in 597 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 Rye so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Rye appears in 597 products (#942 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Rye). 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.