Arabic
Arabic appears in 64 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
Arabic appears in 64 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.
- 64
- catalogued products
- #4,211
- usage rank of 247,206
- 27
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
59.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Arabic as the trigger. Open records such as Black swan, dressing & marinade, jaipur; Bloody mary mix; Break 'N Bake Cookie Dough With Red And Green Tree Sprinkles and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 68.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 65% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
59.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 61 of 64 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.
Arabic: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,211 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,211
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 37 others that also appear in exactly 64 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Mean relative depth 65% across 64 parsed labels, slot 19.9 on average. Arabic tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Arabic
Across the 64 products on this site that list Arabic, 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. Red 40 shows up about 5.5x more often with Arabic than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Arabic products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 19 | 29.7% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 17 | 26.6% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 15 | 23.4% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 13 | 20.3% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 11 | 17.2% | 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 Arabic
Products Containing Arabic
High-volume slice (16 of 64) for products naming Arabic:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acidophilus”)
Top-decile company for Arabic: 64 listings averaging 68.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Acidophilus · Ail · Aloe vera.
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 Arabic page
64 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Arabic are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Arabic to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Arabic sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
59.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Arabic is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Arabic? ▼
Arabic ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,211 of 247,206), appearing in 64 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Arabic so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Arabic appears in 64 products (#4,211 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Arabic). 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.