Whole Quinoa
Whole Quinoa appears in 63 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 Quinoa appears in 63 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.
- 63
- catalogued products
- #4,249
- usage rank of 247,206
- 17
- named brands represented
- 48%
- 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.
Whole Quinoa: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,249 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,249
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 52 others that also appear in exactly 63 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 48%
- Mean relative depth 48% across 63 parsed labels, slot 8.5 on average. Whole Quinoa tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 12.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Whole Quinoa spans 17 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 100% Premium Quinoa Toasted Ceral, Citrus Bliss, Citrus Bliss; 365 everyday value, flatebreads, original; Birthday Cake Bites when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
17 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 47 of 63 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 Whole Quinoa
Across the 63 products on this site that list Whole Quinoa, 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 2.2x more often with Whole Quinoa than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Whole Quinoa products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 8 | 12.7% | 5.7% |
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 Whole Quinoa
Products Containing Whole Quinoa
High-volume slice (16 of 63) for products naming Whole Quinoa:
Whole Quinoa vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Whole Quinoa: 63 listings averaging 99.4/100. Nearest count peers include “2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil”, “Acai Powder”, “Organic Acerola Extract”.
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.
Next steps from the Whole Quinoa page
Start from Whole Quinoa's 63 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Whole Quinoa before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Whole Quinoa with a peer such as “2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil” 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Whole Quinoa? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Whole Quinoa, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,249 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Whole Quinoa? ▼
Whole Quinoa ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,249 of 247,206), appearing in 63 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Whole Quinoa so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Whole Quinoa appears in 63 products (#4,249 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Whole Quinoa). 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.