White Turkey
White Turkey appears in 155 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 Turkey appears in 155 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.
- 155
- catalogued products
- #2,309
- usage rank of 247,206
- 50
- named brands represented
- 15%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
85.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify White Turkey as the trigger. Open records such as American chef, white turkey, smoke; Banquet Family Size Turkey and Homestyle Gravy Frozen Meal, 26 Ounce, 26 OZ; BANQUET Turkey Meal, 9.25 OZ and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 84.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 15% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
85.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 148 of 152 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.
White Turkey sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,309 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,309
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 9 others that also appear in exactly 155 products, listed in more products than 99.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 15%
- Mean relative depth 15% across 155 parsed labels, slot 5.9 on average. White Turkey tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as White Turkey
Across the 155 products on this site that list White Turkey, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 27.4x more often with White Turkey than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of White Turkey products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 102 | 65.8% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 94 | 60.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 21 | 13.5% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrate | 5 | 3.2% | 0.2% |
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 Turkey
Products Containing White Turkey
16 busy labels from the 155 indexed products that list White Turkey:
White Turkey vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for White Turkey: 155 products, mean screening score 84.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: B5 · Bovine · Chipotle. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this White Turkey record
Use the 155-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for White Turkey and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare White Turkey with a peer such as “B5” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about White Turkey
How should I read safety signals when White Turkey sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
85.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming White Turkey is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with White Turkey? ▼
White Turkey ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,309 of 247,206), appearing in 155 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is White Turkey so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet White Turkey appears in 155 products (#2,309 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (White Turkey). 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.