Algin
Algin appears in 129 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
Algin appears in 129 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.
- 129
- catalogued products
- #2,620
- usage rank of 247,206
- 40
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 61 of 129 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Ahold, lemoncello inspired pound cake, lemon; Almond Milk; Bagels to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Algin 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.
61 of 129 linked records have some flagged component
All 129 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.
Algin sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,620 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,620
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 18 others that also appear in exactly 129 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Mean relative depth 69% across 129 parsed labels, slot 23.6 on average. Algin tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Algin
Across the 129 products on this site that list Algin, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 4.6x more often with Algin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Algin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 27 | 20.9% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 25 | 19.4% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 19 | 14.7% | 4.8% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 17 | 13.2% | 2.1% |
| Blue 1 | 17 | 13.2% | 4.2% |
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 Algin
Products Containing Algin
High-volume slice (16 of 129) for products naming Algin:
High-volume peers for Algin beside “Applesauce”
High-volume peers for Algin: 129 products, mean screening score 80.9/100. Nearest count peers include “Applesauce”, “Apricots With Sulfur Dioxide”, “Benzoyl Peroxide”. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Algin evidence
Use the 129-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Algin and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Algin — common follow-ups
Does Algin 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 Algin. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Algin? ▼
Algin ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,620 of 247,206), appearing in 129 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Algin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Algin appears in 129 products (#2,620 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Algin). 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.