Vinegar‡
Vinegar‡ appears in 12 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
Vinegar‡ appears in 12 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.
- 12
- catalogued products
- #13,357
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 27%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Vinegar‡ as the trigger. Open records such as Chicken Breast with Rotisserie Style Seasonings; Lower sodium uncured honey ham ultra-thin deli; Oven roasted turkey breast ultra thin deli slices and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 97.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 27% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 12 of 12 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Vinegar‡ sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#13,357 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #13,357
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 832 others that also appear in exactly 12 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 27%
- Averaged label depth puts Vinegar‡ in the upper half of the list (27% of list length, mean slot 3.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 12 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 Vinegar‡
Products Containing Vinegar‡
A sample of 12 high-volume listings among the 12 indexed products containing Vinegar‡:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Vinegar‡: 12 products, mean screening score 97.5/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Vinegar‡ page
Use the 12-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 Vinegar‡ to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- 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
How should I read safety signals when Vinegar‡ sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Vinegar‡ is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vinegar‡? ▼
Vinegar‡ ranks in the top decile by product count (#13,357 of 247,206), appearing in 12 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Vinegar‡ so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vinegar‡ appears in 12 products (#13,357 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vinegar‡). 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.