Unsalted
Unsalted appears in 91 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
Unsalted appears in 91 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.
- 91
- catalogued products
- #3,352
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- named brands represented
- 36%
- 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: 42 of 91 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Almond Mocha Fudge Flavor Mocha Ice Cream With Roasted Almonds & A Fudge Swirl Premium Ice Cream, Almond Mocha Fudge; An assortment of legendary chocolates; Apricot Streusel Cheesecake to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Unsalted itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
42 of 91 linked records have some flagged component
All 91 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 Unsalted - usage rank #3,352
- Usage rank
- #3,352
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 32 others that also appear in exactly 91 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 36%
- Mean relative depth 36% across 91 parsed labels, slot 12.1 on average. Unsalted tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Unsalted
Across the 91 products on this site that list Unsalted, 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 6.8x more often with Unsalted than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Unsalted products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 35 | 38.5% | 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 Unsalted
Products Containing Unsalted
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 91 indexed products containing Unsalted:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “28g”)
High-volume peers for Unsalted: 91 products, mean screening score 93/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 28g · 30g · Acetate. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Unsalted evidence
Start from Unsalted's 91 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Unsalted 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. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Unsalted
Does Unsalted 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 Unsalted. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Unsalted? ▼
Unsalted ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,352 of 247,206), appearing in 91 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Unsalted so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Unsalted appears in 91 products (#3,352 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Unsalted). 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.