Amino Acid
Amino Acid appears in 46 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
Amino Acid appears in 46 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.
- 46
- catalogued products
- #5,260
- usage rank of 247,206
- 22
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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: 18 of 46 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Akiyama, Nappa Kimchee; Akiyama, Pickled Radish; Akiyama, Sweet Takuan to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 50–100 score range to Amino Acid itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
18 of 46 linked records have some flagged component
All 46 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 50–100 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.
Amino Acid: top-decile catalog footprint (#5,260 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,260
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 72 others that also appear in exactly 46 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Averaged label depth puts Amino Acid in the lower half of the list (61% of list length, mean slot 12.7). 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Amino Acid
Across the 46 products on this site that list Amino Acid, 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. Sucralose shows up about 8.9x more often with Amino Acid than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Amino Acid products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 11 | 23.9% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 7 | 15.2% | 1.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | 10.9% | 5.7% |
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 Amino Acid
Products Containing Amino Acid
16 busy labels from the 46 indexed products that list Amino Acid:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Amino Acid sits among other busy catalog rows (46 products, mean score 91.5/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Amino Acid evidence
46 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Amino Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Amino Acid to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Amino Acid 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 Amino Acid. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Amino Acid? ▼
Amino Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,260 of 247,206), appearing in 46 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Amino Acid so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Amino Acid appears in 46 products (#5,260 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Amino 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.