Tomato Extract

Tomato Extract appears in 137 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

Tomato Extract appears in 137 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.

137
catalogued products
#2,508
usage rank of 247,206
17
named brands represented
72%
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.

High-volume listing for Tomato Extract - usage rank #2,508

Usage rank
#2,508
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 7 others that also appear in exactly 137 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
72%
Averaged label depth puts Tomato Extract in the lower half of the list (72% of list length, mean slot 22.7). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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.

How to use this page

Use prevalence before concern

Only 15.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Tomato Extract spans 17 named brands and is led by the Meals group. Start with 100% fruit smoothie; 99% Fat Free Minestrone Soup, Vegetable Classics; Apple sauce when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

17 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 131 of 134 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.

Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.

What else is usually in the same product as Tomato Extract

Across the 137 products on this site that list Tomato 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: +1.6ppCaramel Coloring+1.6ppSodium Nitrite: +1.2ppSodium Nitrite+1.2ppTitanium Dioxide: +1.5ppTitanium Dioxide+1.5pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Tomato Extract 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
1.6pp
Sodium Nitrite
1.2pp
Titanium Dioxide
1.5pp
Additive Shared products Share of Tomato Extract products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 10 7.3% 5.7%
Sodium Nitrite 5 3.6% 2.4%
Titanium Dioxide 5 3.6% 2.1%

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 Tomato Extract

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 949698100102 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Tomato Extract
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 Tomato Extract beside “Collagen Casing”

Top-decile company for Tomato Extract: 137 listings averaging 98.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Collagen Casing; Dark Sweet Cherries; Fresh Cilantro.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

Similar mean product score

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

What to do with this Tomato Extract record

137 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Tomato Extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Check the listed products containing Tomato Extract before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
  • Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology

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

Questions readers ask about Tomato Extract

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Tomato Extract?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Tomato Extract, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,508 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Tomato Extract?

Tomato Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,508 of 247,206), appearing in 137 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Tomato Extract so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tomato Extract appears in 137 products (#2,508 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tomato 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.