Yeast Extract
Yeast Extract appears in 17,710 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
Yeast Extract appears in 17,710 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.
- 17,710
- catalogued products
- #54
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2,624
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 5205 of 17710 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1/2 LA Brea Three Cheese Loaf; 100% Durum Wheat Semolina Pasta; 100% durum wheat semolina pasta to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Yeast Extract itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
5205 of 17,710 linked records have some flagged component
All 17573 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.
Yeast Extract: top-decile catalog footprint (#54 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #54
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Averaged label depth puts Yeast Extract in the lower half of the list (65% of list length, mean slot 19.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Yeast Extract
Across the 17,710 products on this site that list Yeast Extract, 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 3x more often with Yeast Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Yeast Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 2,995 | 16.9% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 776 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 625 | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 613 | 3.5% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 571 | 3.2% | 4.8% |
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 Yeast Extract
Products Containing Yeast Extract
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 17,710 indexed products containing Yeast Extract:
Yeast Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Yeast Extract: 17,710 products, mean screening score 94.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Sodium Bicarbonate; Potassium Sorbate; Honey. 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.
Next steps from the Yeast Extract page
17,710 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Yeast Extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Yeast Extract and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare Yeast Extract with a peer such as “Sodium Bicarbonate” 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.
Yeast Extract — common follow-ups
Does Yeast Extract 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 Yeast Extract. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Yeast Extract? ▼
Yeast Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#54 of 247,206), appearing in 17,710 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yeast Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yeast Extract appears in 17,710 products (#54 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yeast Extract). 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.