Vanilla Beans
Vanilla Beans appears in 597 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
Vanilla Beans appears in 597 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.
- 597
- catalogued products
- #942
- usage rank of 247,206
- 206
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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.
Vanilla Beans: top-decile catalog footprint (#942 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #942
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 597 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 597 products listing it (mean slot 13.1). Vanilla Beans usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 13.9% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Vanilla Beans spans 206 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 100% Grass-Fed A2/A2 Organic Vanilla Bean Yogurt Extra Cream Top; 38% Cacao Milk Chocolate; 49 Assorted Flavors Jelly Beans when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
206 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 497 of 584 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 Vanilla Beans
Across the 597 products on this site that list Vanilla Beans, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Vanilla Beans products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 37 | 6.2% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 22 | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 18 | 3% | 5.4% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 11 | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Yellow 6 | 9 | 1.5% | 3.4% |
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 Vanilla Beans
Products Containing Vanilla Beans
High-volume slice (16 of 597) for products naming Vanilla Beans:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor”)
Top-decile company for Vanilla Beans: 597 listings averaging 96.6/100. Nearest count peers include “Calcium Disodium Edta Added To Protect Flavor”, “Ham”, “Rye”.
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.
Next steps from the Vanilla Beans page
Start from Vanilla Beans's 597 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Vanilla Beans to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Vanilla Beans next to “Ham” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Vanilla Beans? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Vanilla Beans, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#942 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vanilla Beans? ▼
Vanilla Beans ranks in the top decile by product count (#942 of 247,206), appearing in 597 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Vanilla Beans so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vanilla Beans appears in 597 products (#942 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vanilla Beans). 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.