White Beans
White Beans appears in 199 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
White Beans appears in 199 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.
- 199
- catalogued products
- #1,945
- usage rank of 247,206
- 82
- named brands represented
- 18%
- 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.
White Beans sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,945 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,945
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 199 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 18%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 199 products listing it (mean slot 4.9). White Beans usually falls near the top 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 18.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: White Beans spans 82 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Baked Beans; Baked Beans; Baked Beans when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
82 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 122 of 186 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 White Beans
Across the 199 products on this site that list White 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.3x more often with White Beans than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of White Beans products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 26 | 13.1% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 16 | 8% | 2.4% |
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 White Beans
Products Containing White Beans
High-volume slice (16 of 199) for products naming White Beans:
White Beans vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for White Beans: 199 listings averaging 97.6/100. Nearest count peers include “Artificial And Natural Flavor”, “Beef Gelatin”, “Cage Free Eggs”.
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.
What to do with this White Beans record
199 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on White Beans are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for White Beans and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare White Beans with a peer such as “Artificial And Natural Flavor” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Questions readers ask about White Beans
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on White Beans? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to White Beans, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,945 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with White Beans? ▼
White Beans ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,945 of 247,206), appearing in 199 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is White Beans so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet White Beans appears in 199 products (#1,945 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (White 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.