Alpha Lipoic Acid
Alpha Lipoic Acid appears in 21 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
Alpha Lipoic Acid appears in 21 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.
- 21
- catalogued products
- #9,037
- usage rank of 247,206
- 14
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Alpha Lipoic Acid - usage rank #9,037
- Usage rank
- #9,037
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 333 others that also appear in exactly 21 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Averaged label depth puts Alpha Lipoic Acid in the lower half of the list (65% of list length, mean slot 36.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 4.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Alpha Lipoic Acid spans 14 named brands and is led by the Dietary supplements group. Start with Blood Pressure Support; Elements For Hair, Skin And Nails; Hair, Skin, Nails when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
14 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 21 of 21 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Alpha Lipoic Acid
Products Containing Alpha Lipoic Acid
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 21 indexed products containing Alpha Lipoic Acid:
Alpha Lipoic Acid vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Alpha Lipoic Acid: 21 listings averaging 99.3/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Alpha Lipoic Acid evidence
21 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Alpha Lipoic Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Alpha Lipoic Acid before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Alpha Lipoic Acid
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Alpha Lipoic Acid? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Alpha Lipoic Acid, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#9,037 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Alpha Lipoic Acid? ▼
Alpha Lipoic Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#9,037 of 247,206), appearing in 21 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Alpha Lipoic Acid so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Alpha Lipoic Acid appears in 21 products (#9,037 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Alpha Lipoic Acid). 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.