Seasoning Mix

Seasoning Mix appears in 109 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

Seasoning Mix appears in 109 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.

109
catalogued products
#2,950
usage rank of 247,206
36
named brands represented
47%
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.

How to use this page

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 37 of 109 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 90 Second Microwavable White Rice Roasted Chicken Flavored with Herbs; Artisan salads mix; Bean & Seasoning Mix, Cuban Black Beans & Pork to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Seasoning Mix itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

37 of 109 linked records have some flagged component

All 105 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.

Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.

Seasoning Mix sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,950 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#2,950
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 14 others that also appear in exactly 109 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
47%
Averaged label depth puts Seasoning Mix in the upper half of the list (47% of list length, mean slot 17.8). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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 Seasoning Mix

Across the 109 products on this site that list Seasoning Mix, 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 shows up about 2.6x more often with Seasoning Mix than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +9ppCaramel Coloring+9ppCarrageenan: +4.7ppCarrageenan+4.7ppSodium Nitrite: +4.9ppSodium Nitrite+4.9ppYellow 5: -0.2ppYellow 5-0.2pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Seasoning Mix 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
9pp
Carrageenan
4.7pp
Sodium Nitrite
4.9pp
Yellow 5
-0.2pp
Additive Shared products Share of Seasoning Mix products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 16 14.7% 5.7%
Carrageenan 10 9.2% 4.5%
Sodium Nitrite 8 7.3% 2.4%
Yellow 5 5 4.6% 4.8%

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 Seasoning Mix

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 60708090100110 00.511.522.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Seasoning Mix
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.

High-volume peers for Seasoning Mix beside “Annatto Vegetable Color”

Top-decile company for Seasoning Mix: 109 listings averaging 94.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Annatto Vegetable Color · B-vitamin · Cayenne Pepper Powder.

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.

Next steps from the Seasoning Mix page

Use the 109-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Seasoning Mix carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Seasoning Mix. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Seasoning Mix?

Seasoning Mix ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,950 of 247,206), appearing in 109 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Seasoning Mix so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Seasoning Mix appears in 109 products (#2,950 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Seasoning Mix). 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.