Aluminum Sulfate
Aluminum Sulfate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 508 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Aluminum Sulfate appears in 508 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.
- 508
- catalogued products
- #1,030
- usage rank of 247,206
- 116
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
Aluminum Sulfate: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,030 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,030
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 508 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Averaged label depth puts Aluminum Sulfate in the lower half of the list (59% of list length, mean slot 24.1). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
57.1% 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 Sulfate as the trigger. Open records such as 2 Layer Cake; 2 Layer Italian Cream Cake; Ann Marie's, Sugar Free Mini Muffins, Blueberry and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 71.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
57.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 505 of 506 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 Sulfate
Across the 508 products on this site that list Aluminum 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 21.9x more often with Aluminum Sulfate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Aluminum Sulfate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 156 | 30.7% | 1.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 151 | 29.7% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 124 | 24.4% | 3.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 117 | 23% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 103 | 20.3% | 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.
Function
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT
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 Sulfate
Products Containing Aluminum Sulfate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 508 indexed products containing Aluminum Sulfate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Non Fat Dry Milk”)
High-volume peers for Aluminum Sulfate: 508 products, mean screening score 71.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Non Fat Dry Milk; Sesame Tahini; With Annatto And Turmeric. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Aluminum Sulfate page
508 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Aluminum Sulfate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Aluminum Sulfate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Aluminum Sulfate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
57.1% 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 Sulfate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Aluminum 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 Sulfate? ▼
Aluminum Sulfate ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,030 of 247,206), appearing in 508 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Aluminum Sulfate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Aluminum Sulfate is recorded as a color or coloring adjunct, emulsifier or emulsifier salt, firming agent, ph control agent, processing aid, sequestrant 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 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.