Aluminum Sodium Sulfate
Aluminum Sodium Sulfate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 52 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Aluminum Sodium Sulfate appears in 52 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.
- 52
- catalogued products
- #4,845
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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 Aluminum Sodium Sulfate - usage rank #4,845
- Usage rank
- #4,845
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 58 others that also appear in exactly 52 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Averaged label depth puts Aluminum Sodium Sulfate in the lower half of the list (63% of list length, mean slot 26.3). 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
73.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Aluminum Sodium Sulfate as the trigger. Open records such as Barras de coco cookies; Bean & Cheese Burritos; Cake By The Slice and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 50.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 63% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
73.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 52 of 52 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Aluminum Sodium Sulfate
Across the 52 products on this site that list Aluminum Sodium Sulfate, 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 10.4x more often with Aluminum Sodium Sulfate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Aluminum Sodium Sulfate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 26 | 50% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 23 | 44.2% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 22 | 42.3% | 3.4% |
| TBHQ | 18 | 34.6% | 0.5% |
| Blue 1 | 15 | 28.8% | 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.
Function
FIRMING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
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 Aluminum Sodium Sulfate
Products Containing Aluminum Sodium Sulfate
16 busy labels from the 52 indexed products that list Aluminum Sodium Sulfate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Ab Vitamin”)
Aluminum Sodium Sulfate sits among other busy catalog rows (52 products, mean score 50.8/100). Nearest count peers include “Ab Vitamin”, “Animal And Vegetable Shortening”, “Apo Carotenal”. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Aluminum Sodium Sulfate evidence
52 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Aluminum Sodium Sulfate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Aluminum Sodium Sulfate and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare Aluminum Sodium Sulfate with a peer such as “Ab Vitamin” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Aluminum Sodium Sulfate
How should I read safety signals when Aluminum Sodium Sulfate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
73.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Aluminum Sodium Sulfate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Aluminum Sodium Sulfate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Aluminum Sodium Sulfate? ▼
Aluminum Sodium Sulfate ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,845 of 247,206), appearing in 52 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Aluminum Sodium Sulfate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Aluminum Sodium Sulfate is recorded as a firming agent, leavening agent, ph control agent in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Aluminum Sodium Sulfate). 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.