Salami
Salami appears in 50 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
Salami appears in 50 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.
- 50
- catalogued products
- #4,971
- usage rank of 247,206
- 19
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
90% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Salami as the trigger. Open records such as 1 slice hard salami 2 slices mild cheddar cheese; Artichoke Antipasto Salad; Breakfast Chuckwagon and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 57.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
90% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 47 of 49 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Salami sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,971 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,971
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 72 others that also appear in exactly 50 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Mean relative depth 59% across 50 parsed labels, slot 33.7 on average. Salami tends to sit in the lower half of the 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Salami
Across the 50 products on this site that list Salami, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 36.7x more often with Salami than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Salami products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 44 | 88% | 2.4% |
| BHT | 37 | 74% | 1.1% |
| BHA | 35 | 70% | 0.7% |
| Sodium Nitrate | 9 | 18% | 0.2% |
| Azodicarbonamide | 5 | 10% | 0.2% |
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 Salami
Products Containing Salami
High-volume slice (16 of 50) for products naming Salami:
Salami vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Salami: 50 listings averaging 57.3/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 2% Dv · 5 % · Active Yogurt With L. Bulgaricus.
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 Salami page
50 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Salami are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Salami to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Salami with a peer such as “2% Dv” 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Salami — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Salami sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
90% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Salami is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Salami? ▼
Salami ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,971 of 247,206), appearing in 50 indexed products led by Sandwiches. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Salami so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Salami appears in 50 products (#4,971 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Salami). 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.