Tamarind Extract
Tamarind Extract appears in 594 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 Extract appears in 594 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.
- 594
- catalogued products
- #947
- usage rank of 247,206
- 257
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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: 243 of 594 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 365 Barbeque Sauce; 365 everyday value, naan chips tamaind; 5 crab cakes to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Tamarind Extract 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.
243 of 594 linked records have some flagged component
All 591 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 Tamarind Extract - usage rank #947
- Usage rank
- #947
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Mean relative depth 69% across 594 parsed labels, slot 23.5 on average. Tamarind Extract tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Tamarind Extract
Across the 594 products on this site that list Tamarind Extract, 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 6.3x more often with Tamarind Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tamarind Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 213 | 35.9% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 18 | 3% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 15 | 2.5% | 2.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 6 | 1% | 2.1% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 5 | 0.8% | 1.3% |
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 Extract
Products Containing Tamarind Extract
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 594 indexed products containing Tamarind Extract:
Tamarind Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Tamarind Extract: 594 products, mean screening score 96.6/100. Nearest count peers include “Swiss Cheese”, “Beet Juice”, “White Rice”. 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.
What to do with this Tamarind Extract record
Start from Tamarind Extract's 594 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Tamarind Extract and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Tamarind Extract 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 Extract. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tamarind Extract? ▼
Tamarind Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#947 of 247,206), appearing in 594 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tamarind Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tamarind Extract appears in 594 products (#947 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tamarind Extract). 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.