Sage
Sage appears in 793 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
Sage appears in 793 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.
- 793
- catalogued products
- #764
- usage rank of 247,206
- 327
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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 Sage - usage rank #764
- Usage rank
- #764
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Averaged label depth puts Sage in the lower half of the list (73% of list length, mean slot 19.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 14.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Sage spans 327 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with 365 everyday value, meatless meatballs; 365 everyday value, roasted vegetable lasagna; 4 Quinoa and Rice Protein Burgers when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
327 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 463 of 723 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 Sage
Across the 793 products on this site that list Sage, 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 Sage products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 60 | 7.6% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 24 | 3% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 22 | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| BHT | 21 | 2.6% | 1.1% |
| BHA | 16 | 2% | 0.7% |
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 Sage
Products Containing Sage
High-volume slice (16 of 793) for products naming Sage:
Sage vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Sage sits among other busy catalog rows (793 products, mean score 97.8/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Provolone Cheese; Sodium Nitrate; Pretzels. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Sage evidence
Start from Sage's 793 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Sage before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Sage
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Sage? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Sage, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#764 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sage? ▼
Sage ranks in the top decile by product count (#764 of 247,206), appearing in 793 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sage so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sage appears in 793 products (#764 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sage). 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.