Vegetable Source
Vegetable Source appears in 134 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
Vegetable Source appears in 134 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.
- 134
- catalogued products
- #2,547
- usage rank of 247,206
- 46
- named brands represented
- 54%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 30 of 134 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 Mg; B-Right; bio c complete to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 80–100 score range to Vegetable Source 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.
30 of 134 linked records have some flagged component
All 130 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 80–100 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 Vegetable Source - usage rank #2,547
- Usage rank
- #2,547
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 16 others that also appear in exactly 134 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 54%
- Averaged label depth puts Vegetable Source in the lower half of the list (54% of list length, mean slot 9.3). 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 else is usually in the same product as Vegetable Source
Across the 134 products on this site that list Vegetable Source, 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 3x more often with Vegetable Source than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Vegetable Source products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 18 | 13.4% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 10 | 7.5% | 2.7% |
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 Vegetable Source
Products Containing Vegetable Source
High-volume slice (16 of 134) for products naming Vegetable Source:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acide Citrique”)
Vegetable Source sits among other busy catalog rows (134 products, mean score 97.9/100). Nearest count peers include “Acide Citrique”, “Aged Red Peppers”, “Black Pepper Extract”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Using the Vegetable Source evidence
134 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Vegetable Source are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Vegetable Source before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Vegetable Source with a peer such as “Acide Citrique” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Vegetable Source 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 Vegetable Source. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vegetable Source? ▼
Vegetable Source ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,547 of 247,206), appearing in 134 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Vegetable Source so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vegetable Source appears in 134 products (#2,547 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vegetable Source). 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.