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Herbs and Spices

USDA's branded food database lists 1,891 herbs and spices products; the median has 0 calories, 0 g of sugars, 0 g of protein and 307 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Products as manufacturers categorize them when they submit to USDA.

How herbs and spices products are spread

Half of all herbs and spices products have between 0 g and 3.0 g of sugars per 100 g

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Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories00250
Sugars0 g0 g3.0 g
Protein0 g0 g0 g
Sodium0 mg307 mg8,321 mg
Fiber0 g0 g14.3 g
Saturated fat0 g0 g0 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*1,235 of 1,89165%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving17 of 7962%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving9 of 1,8860%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*938 of 1,88250%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving754 of 1,00275%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most herbs and spices products

BrandProducts
Morton & Bassett67
Morton Bassett Inc.50
Pride of India40
Cub39
Mccormick33
Spice Islands28
Mi Costenita28
Member's Mark27

Every herbs and spices product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov