Semi Sweet Chocolate
Semi Sweet Chocolate appears in 153 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
Semi Sweet Chocolate appears in 153 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.
- 153
- catalogued products
- #2,335
- usage rank of 247,206
- 48
- named brands represented
- 29%
- 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: 34 of 153 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Artisan Caramel Assortment, Milk & Dark Chocolate; Balena Shortbread Cookies With Semi-Sweet Dark Chocolate; Brownie Bites to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Semi Sweet Chocolate itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
34 of 153 linked records have some flagged component
All 151 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.
High-volume listing for Semi Sweet Chocolate - usage rank #2,335
- Usage rank
- #2,335
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 153 products, listed in more products than 99.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 29%
- Averaged label depth puts Semi Sweet Chocolate in the upper half of the list (29% of list length, mean slot 9.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Semi Sweet Chocolate
Across the 153 products on this site that list Semi Sweet Chocolate, 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 2.9x more often with Semi Sweet Chocolate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Semi Sweet Chocolate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 20 | 13.1% | 4.5% |
| Blue 1 | 7 | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 6 | 3.9% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 3.9% | 4.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | 3.9% | 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 Semi Sweet Chocolate
Products Containing Semi Sweet Chocolate
16 busy labels from the 153 indexed products that list Semi Sweet Chocolate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Alpha-tocopherol Acetate”)
High-volume peers for Semi Sweet Chocolate: 153 products, mean screening score 95/100. Nearest count peers include “Alpha-tocopherol Acetate”, “Apple Flavor”, “Broccoli Powder”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Semi Sweet Chocolate page
Start from Semi Sweet Chocolate's 153 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Semi Sweet Chocolate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Semi Sweet Chocolate 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 Semi Sweet Chocolate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Semi Sweet Chocolate? ▼
Semi Sweet Chocolate ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,335 of 247,206), appearing in 153 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Semi Sweet Chocolate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Semi Sweet Chocolate appears in 153 products (#2,335 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Semi Sweet Chocolate). 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.