Whole
Whole appears in 103 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
Whole appears in 103 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.
- 103
- catalogued products
- #3,066
- usage rank of 247,206
- 59
- named brands represented
- 43%
- 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: 33 of 103 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Apple Juice; Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal; Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Whole itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
33 of 103 linked records have some flagged component
All 89 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.
Whole sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,066 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,066
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 27 others that also appear in exactly 103 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 43%
- Averaged label depth puts Whole in the upper half of the list (43% of list length, mean slot 11.5). 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 Whole
Across the 103 products on this site that list Whole, 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 3.2x more often with Whole than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Whole products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 19 | 18.4% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 7 | 6.8% | 5.4% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 5 | 4.9% | 1.8% |
| Aspartame | 5 | 4.9% | 0.9% |
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 Whole
Products Containing Whole
16 busy labels from the 103 indexed products that list Whole:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acai Puree”)
Top-decile company for Whole: 103 listings averaging 93.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Acai Puree; Aloe Vera Juice; Bamboo Shoots.
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.
Using the Whole evidence
103 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Whole are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Whole and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Whole with a peer such as “Acai Puree” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Whole — common follow-ups
Does Whole 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 Whole. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Whole? ▼
Whole ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,066 of 247,206), appearing in 103 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 Whole so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Whole appears in 103 products (#3,066 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Whole). 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.