Alkalized Cocoa
Alkalized Cocoa appears in 636 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
Alkalized Cocoa appears in 636 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.
- 636
- catalogued products
- #885
- usage rank of 247,206
- 127
- named brands represented
- 48%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 161 of 636 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1% chocolate lowfat milk; 1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk; 1% lowfat chocolate milk to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Alkalized Cocoa itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
161 of 636 linked records have some flagged component
All 634 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.
High-volume listing for Alkalized Cocoa - usage rank #885
- Usage rank
- #885
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 643 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 48%
- Mean relative depth 48% across 643 parsed labels, slot 11.3 on average. Alkalized Cocoa tends to sit in the upper 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 Alkalized Cocoa
Across the 636 products on this site that list Alkalized Cocoa, 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 3x more often with Alkalized Cocoa than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Alkalized Cocoa products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 85 | 13.4% | 4.5% |
| Monk fruit extract | 45 | 7.1% | 0.5% |
| Sucralose | 44 | 6.9% | 2.7% |
| Caramel Coloring | 34 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 29 | 4.6% | 5.4% |
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 Alkalized Cocoa
Products Containing Alkalized Cocoa
16 busy labels from the 636 indexed products that list Alkalized Cocoa:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Organic Spirulina”)
Alkalized Cocoa sits among other busy catalog rows (636 products, mean score 94.5/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Organic Spirulina; Zinc Gluconate; Roasted Almonds. 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 Alkalized Cocoa page
Start from Alkalized Cocoa's 636 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Alkalized Cocoa and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Alkalized Cocoa with a peer such as “Organic Spirulina” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Alkalized Cocoa — common follow-ups
Does Alkalized Cocoa 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 Alkalized Cocoa. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Alkalized Cocoa? ▼
Alkalized Cocoa ranks in the top decile by product count (#885 of 247,206), appearing in 636 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Alkalized Cocoa so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Alkalized Cocoa appears in 636 products (#885 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Alkalized Cocoa). 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.