Spice Blend

Spice Blend appears in 341 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

Spice Blend appears in 341 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.

341
catalogued products
#1,348
usage rank of 247,206
132
named brands represented
55%
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: 105 of 341 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 18g Protein Black Bean Burger; 365 everyday value, barbecue sauce; 6.25 Oz pizza meal to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 25–100 score range to Spice Blend itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

105 of 341 linked records have some flagged component

All 331 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 25–100 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.

Spice Blend sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,348 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#1,348
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 341 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
55%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 341 products listing it (mean slot 18.0). Spice Blend usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

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 Spice Blend

Across the 341 products on this site that list Spice Blend, 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 3.1x more often with Spice Blend than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +11.9ppCaramel Coloring+11.9ppSodium Nitrite: +5.8ppSodium Nitrite+5.8ppBHT: +7.1ppBHT+7.1ppBHA: +6.3ppBHA+6.3ppCarrageenan: +0.2ppCarrageenan+0.2pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Spice Blend 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
11.9pp
Sodium Nitrite
5.8pp
BHT
7.1pp
BHA
6.3pp
Carrageenan
0.2pp
Additive Shared products Share of Spice Blend products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 60 17.6% 5.7%
Sodium Nitrite 28 8.2% 2.4%
BHT 28 8.2% 1.1%
BHA 24 7% 0.7%
Carrageenan 16 4.7% 4.5%

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 Spice Blend

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 5060708090100110 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Spice Blend
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 Spice Blend beside “Green Olives”

High-volume peers for Spice Blend: 341 products, mean screening score 93.8/100. Nearest count peers include “Green Olives”, “Lima Beans”, “Red #40 Lake”. 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

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Next steps from the Spice Blend page

Start from Spice Blend's 341 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Check the listed products containing Spice Blend before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
  • Compare Spice Blend with a peer such as “Green Olives” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
  • 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.

Questions readers ask about Spice Blend

Does Spice Blend 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 Spice Blend. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Spice Blend?

Spice Blend ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,348 of 247,206), appearing in 341 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Spice Blend so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Spice Blend appears in 341 products (#1,348 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Spice Blend). 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.