Specially Selected Potatoes

Specially Selected Potatoes appears in 6 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

Specially Selected Potatoes appears in 6 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.

6
catalogued products
#21,732
usage rank of 247,206
2
named brands represented
0%
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.

Reading this ingredient record

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 2 of 6 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bar.b.q; Chips; Potato Chips to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 75–100 score range to Specially Selected Potatoes itself. The ingredient most often sits near the top of the captured list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

2 of 6 linked records have some flagged component

All 6 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 75–100 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 Specially Selected Potatoes - usage rank #21,732

Usage rank
#21,732
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
0%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 6 products listing it (mean slot 1.0). Specially Selected Potatoes usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 6 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 Specially Selected Potatoes

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 6 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 708090100110 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Specially Selected Potatoes Bar.b.qChipsPotato ChipsSour Cream & OnionSour Cream and Onion Flavoured Potato ChipsSweet Chili Heat
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.

Products Containing Specially Selected Potatoes

High-volume slice (6 of 6) for products naming Specially Selected Potatoes:

Download these 6 product rows (CSV) 6 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Specially Selected Potatoes vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Specially Selected Potatoes: 6 listings averaging 93.3/100.

Similar mean product score

Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.

Using the Specially Selected Potatoes evidence

Use the 6-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Check the listed products containing Specially Selected Potatoes before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology

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

Questions readers ask about Specially Selected Potatoes

Does Specially Selected Potatoes 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 Specially Selected Potatoes. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Specially Selected Potatoes?

Specially Selected Potatoes ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 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 Specially Selected Potatoes so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Specially Selected Potatoes appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Specially Selected Potatoes). 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.