Unprocessed Sea Salt
Unprocessed Sea Salt appears in 11 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
Unprocessed Sea Salt appears in 11 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.
- 11
- catalogued products
- #14,190
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 51%
- 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.
Unprocessed Sea Salt sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#14,190 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #14,190
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 989 others that also appear in exactly 11 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 51%
- Averaged label depth puts Unprocessed Sea Salt in the lower half of the list (51% of list length, mean slot 4.2). 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Unprocessed Sea Salt reaches 4 named brands, most often appears under Plant-based foods and beverages, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Baguette sourdough; Kitchen Chef Signature, Gourmet White Sliced Loaf; Kitchen Chef Signature, Petite Sourdough Baguette. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (10 of 11), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 11 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 Unprocessed Sea Salt
Products Containing Unprocessed Sea Salt
11 busy labels from the 11 indexed products that list Unprocessed Sea Salt:
High-volume peers for Unprocessed Sea Salt
Unprocessed Sea Salt sits among other busy catalog rows (11 products, mean score 100/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Unprocessed Sea Salt record
Use the 11-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Unprocessed Sea Salt to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Unprocessed Sea Salt
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Unprocessed Sea Salt? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Unprocessed Sea Salt, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#14,190 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Unprocessed Sea Salt? ▼
Unprocessed Sea Salt ranks in the top decile by product count (#14,190 of 247,206), appearing in 11 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 Unprocessed Sea Salt so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Unprocessed Sea Salt appears in 11 products (#14,190 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Unprocessed Sea Salt). 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.