Tamarind Puree

Tamarind Puree appears in 54 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

Tamarind Puree appears in 54 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.

54
catalogued products
#4,732
usage rank of 247,206
29
named brands represented
56%
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

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 11 of 54 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare All natural & spicy bloody mary mix; Amazonas, Tamarind Concentrate; Bbq Beef Brisket, Bbq Beef to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 70–100 score range to Tamarind Puree 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.

11 of 54 linked records have some flagged component

All 52 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 70–100 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.

Tamarind Puree sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,732 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#4,732
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 46 others that also appear in exactly 54 products, listed in more products than 98.1% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
56%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 54 products listing it (mean slot 15.4). Tamarind Puree 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 Tamarind Puree

Across the 54 products on this site that list Tamarind Puree, 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 3.6x more often with Tamarind Puree than in the catalogue at large.

Additive Shared products Share of Tamarind Puree products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 11 20.4% 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 Tamarind Puree

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 Tamarind Puree
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.

Tamarind Puree vs other top-decile catalog footprints

High-volume peers for Tamarind Puree: 54 products, mean screening score 98.5/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: 1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate; Annatto And Paprika Extract; Blueberry Bits. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Tamarind Puree page

Start from Tamarind Puree's 54 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Tamarind Puree to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Tamarind Puree 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 Tamarind Puree. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Tamarind Puree?

Tamarind Puree ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,732 of 247,206), appearing in 54 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Tamarind Puree so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tamarind Puree appears in 54 products (#4,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tamarind Puree). 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.