Tamarind Powder
Tamarind Powder appears in 25 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 Powder appears in 25 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.
- 25
- catalogued products
- #8,001
- usage rank of 247,206
- 15
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
52% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Tamarind Powder as the trigger. Open records such as 365 everyday value, naan chips tamaind; ASIAN NOODLES PAD THAI; Chili Tamarind Mango and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 94.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 58% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 20 of 25 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Tamarind Powder sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#8,001 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #8,001
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 249 others that also appear in exactly 25 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 25 products listing it (mean slot 14.4). Tamarind Powder 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.
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 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 Powder
Products Containing Tamarind Powder
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 25 indexed products containing Tamarind Powder:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Tamarind Powder sits among other busy catalog rows (25 products, mean score 94.6/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Tamarind Powder page
25 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Tamarind Powder are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Tamarind Powder and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Tamarind Powder
How should I read safety signals when Tamarind Powder sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Tamarind Powder is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tamarind Powder? ▼
Tamarind Powder ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,001 of 247,206), appearing in 25 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 Tamarind Powder so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tamarind Powder appears in 25 products (#8,001 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tamarind Powder). 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.