Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate

Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate carries a safety score of 3/5 and appears in 63 indexed US food products.

Safety score 60.0%

3/5 from FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine

How common is vs other flagged additives?

Number of indexed products containing each of the most common flagged additives — Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate highlighted.

Indexed products containing each flagged additive. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists × FDA SAFFA × CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Caramel Coloring22612Red 4021595Yellow 518987Carrageenan17853Blue 116643Yellow 613560Sucralose10490Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate63
Indexed products containing each flagged additive. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists × FDA SAFFA × CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Safety Score
3/5

Safety Assessment

Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate has a moderate safety profile (3/5). While approved for use, some studies or consumer advocacy groups have raised questions about certain aspects of this ingredient. Consumers who prefer caution may wish to limit intake.

What the Data Says About

Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate currently appears in 63 products across the OpenFoodFacts catalog we index, which gives a concrete measure of its footprint on US grocery shelves. Our internal safety score of 3/5 synthesizes FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Chemical Cuisine classification. These two frameworks capture different questions: regulators ask whether exposure at typical intake is acceptable, while consumer-advocacy groups examine cumulative dietary load and vulnerable-population risk.

Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate serves one or more technical functions in food manufacturing — stabilization, flavor, preservation, or structural role — which explains its presence across multiple product categories in our database. Inspection and outbreak records frequently trace back to control failures around functional additives, whether through batch contamination, undisclosed substitutions, or labeling mismatches that trigger recall classifications by the FDA.

No specific concern flags are attached to Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate in our current data snapshot beyond the regulatory and CSPI classifications above. That does not rule out individual sensitivity reactions, and anyone managing allergies, elimination diets, or chronic conditions should verify with a qualified healthcare professional before relying on population-level ratings.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Regulatory and safety classifications for Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate
Source Classification Year
FDA SAFFA Not listed 2024
CSPI Chemical Cuisine Not rated 2024
PlainFoodSafe Score 3/5 2026
Product footprint 63 products OpenFoodFacts

FDA SAFFA database, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, OpenFoodFacts product index. See methodology.

Products Containing

Showing 50 of 63 products

Banana Nut Cheerios Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Basic 4 Cereal
General Mills
100/100
Blueberry Cheerios Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Blueberry Chex Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Blueberry sweetened whole grain oat cereal
Cheerios
100/100
Cheerios
general mills
100/100
Cheerios and Ancient Grains Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cheerios breakfast cereal honey nut cheerios
Cheerios
100/100
Cheerios Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cheerios Cereal
General Mills
100/100
Cheerios Cereal Singlepak
Cheerios
100/100
Cheerios Cereal-on-the-Go Pouch
Unknown
100/100
Cheerios Protein Oats and Honey Cereal
Unknown
95/100
Cheerios Protein Oats and Honey Cereal
General Mills
95/100
Chex Cinnamon gluten free
General Mills
100/100
Chex Rice, Corn & Wheat Cereals
Chex
95/100
Chocolate Cheerios Cereal
Unknown
95/100
Chocolate flavored whole grain oat cereal
General Mills
95/100
Chocolate flavored whole grain oat cereal
General Mills
95/100
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios Cereal
Unknown
95/100
Cinnamon Chex Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cinnamon Chex Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Frosted Cheerios Cereal
Cheerios
100/100
General mills cereal
Fiber One
85/100
General Mills Cheerios Apple Cinnamon Cereal
Cheerios
100/100
General mills sweetened whole grain oat cereal
Cheerios, General Mills
100/100
Gmills apple cinn cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal family
Unknown
100/100
Gmills cheerios cereal rte pumpkin spice
Unknown
100/100
Gmills cheerios sweetened crn oat cereal banana nut
Unknown
100/100
Gmills cheerios sweetened crn oat cereal banana nut
Unknown
100/100
Gmills cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal strwbry family
Unknown
100/100
Gmills choc cheerios whl grn oat cereal
Unknown
95/100
Gmills frstd cheerios frstd whl grn oat cereal
Unknown
100/100
Gmills girl scouts whl grn corn cereal caramel crnch
Unknown
95/100
Gmills girl scouts whl grn corn cereal caramel crnch
Unknown
95/100
Gmills girl scouts whl grn corn cereal thin mints
Unknown
95/100
Gmills girl scouts whl grn corn cereal thin mints
Unknown
95/100
Gmills hny nut cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal
Unknown
100/100
Gmills hny nut cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal
Unknown
100/100
Gmills hny nut cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal
General Mills
100/100
Gmills hny nut cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal gnt
Unknown
100/100
Gmills hny nut chrs medley crnch sweetened oat wheat cereal
Unknown
100/100
Gmills lcky chrms tstd oat w mrshmlws cereal
Unknown
50/100
Gmills lcky chrms tstd oat w mrshmlws cereal
Unknown
50/100
Gmills very bry cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal
Unknown
100/100
Gmills very bry cheerios sweetened whl grn oat cereal family
Unknown
100/100
Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal
General Mills
100/100
Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal Bowlpak
Unknown
100/100
Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal Singlepak
Cheerios, General Mills
100/100
Honey Nut Cheerios container
General Mills
100/100

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate safe to eat?

Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate has a safety score of 3/5. Always check with a healthcare provider if you have specific dietary concerns.

What products contain Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate?

Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate is found in 63 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.

What does Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate do in food?

Added To Preserve Freshness.vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Carbonate serves various technical functions in food manufacturing and processing.

Where does this ingredient safety data come from?

Safety data comes from the FDA's SAFFA (Substances Added to Food) database, CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) ratings, and the OpenFoodFacts product database. Product counts reflect items cataloged in OpenFoodFacts.