Acesulfame
Acesulfame appears in 67 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
Acesulfame appears in 67 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.
- 67
- catalogued products
- #4,097
- usage rank of 247,206
- 48
- named brands represented
- 66%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
89.6% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Acesulfame as the trigger. Open records such as Altered Savage; Bing De Bao Soda; Blueberry and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 76.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 66% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
89.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 67 of 67 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.
Acesulfame sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,097 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,097
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 33 others that also appear in exactly 67 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 66%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 67 products listing it (mean slot 11.6). Acesulfame usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Acesulfame
Across the 67 products on this site that list Acesulfame, 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. Sucralose shows up about 23.2x more often with Acesulfame than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Acesulfame products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 42 | 62.7% | 2.7% |
| Aspartame | 14 | 20.9% | 0.9% |
| Red 40 | 12 | 17.9% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 10 | 14.9% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 9 | 13.4% | 4.5% |
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 Acesulfame
Products Containing Acesulfame
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 67 indexed products containing Acesulfame:
Acesulfame vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Acesulfame sits among other busy catalog rows (67 products, mean score 76.1/100). Nearest count peers include “Added To Promote Color Retention”, “Brandy”, “Canola And Modified Palm Oil”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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 Acesulfame page
Start from Acesulfame's 67 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Acesulfame and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Acesulfame with a peer such as “Added To Promote Color Retention” 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.
Questions readers ask about Acesulfame
How should I read safety signals when Acesulfame sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
89.6% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Acesulfame is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Acesulfame? ▼
Acesulfame ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,097 of 247,206), appearing in 67 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Acesulfame so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Acesulfame appears in 67 products (#4,097 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Acesulfame). 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.