Alginic Acid
Alginic Acid carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 6 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Alginic Acid appears in 6 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 6
- catalogued products
- #21,757
- usage rank of 248,027
- 5
- named brands represented
- 32%
- 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.
3/5 from FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine
Where Alginic Acid sits among catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #21,757
- of 248,027 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,982 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 32%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 6 products listing it (mean slot 13.2). Alginic Acid usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 248,027 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Alginic Acid as the trigger. Open records such as Authentic French Chocolate Swirl Brioche; Hot & Spicy Udon; Instant noodle Five Spices Beef Flavour and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 97.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 32% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 6 of 6 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.
Function
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Source | Classification | Year |
|---|---|---|
| FDA SAFFA | GRAS | 2024 |
| CSPI Chemical Cuisine | Not rated | 2024 |
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 3/5 | 2026 |
| Product footprint | 6 products | OpenFoodFacts |
FDA SAFFA database, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, OpenFoodFacts product index. See methodology.
Products Containing Alginic Acid
A sample of 6 of the 6 indexed products containing Alginic Acid, with each product's overall safety score.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Alginic Acid safe to eat? ▼
Alginic Acid has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: GRAS. These labels are not a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific safety determination.
What products contain Alginic Acid? ▼
Alginic Acid is found in 6 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.
What does Alginic Acid do in food? ▼
Alginic Acid is used as a emulsifier or emulsifier salt, formulation aid, stabilizer or thickener in food products.
Citation notes
Regulatory status from FDA SAFFA; safety ratings from CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence from Open Food Facts. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Ingredient figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
