Vanilla Extract
Vanilla Extract appears in 10,817 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 Extract appears in 10,817 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.
- 10,817
- catalogued products
- #105
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2,268
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 2210 of 10817 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100 Calorie Protein Snack; 100 Calorie Protein Snack Bar; 100 calories greek strained nonfat yogurt to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Vanilla Extract itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
2210 of 10,817 linked records have some flagged component
All 10530 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.
Vanilla Extract: top-decile catalog footprint (#105 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #105
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Mean relative depth 69% across 10,990 parsed labels, slot 15.1 on average. Vanilla Extract tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 else is usually in the same product as Vanilla Extract
Across the 10,817 products on this site that list Vanilla 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. Carrageenan shows up about 2.6x more often with Vanilla Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Vanilla Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 1,254 | 11.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 625 | 5.8% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 367 | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 313 | 2.9% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 307 | 2.8% | 4.8% |
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 Extract
Products Containing Vanilla Extract
High-volume slice (16 of 10,817) for products naming Vanilla Extract:
Vanilla Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Vanilla Extract: 10,817 listings averaging 95.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Calcium Chloride; Niacinamide; Sucralose.
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 Vanilla Extract record
10,817 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Vanilla Extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Vanilla Extract to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Vanilla Extract 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 Vanilla Extract. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vanilla Extract? ▼
Vanilla Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#105 of 247,206), appearing in 10,817 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Vanilla Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vanilla Extract appears in 10,817 products (#105 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vanilla 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.