Artificial Sweetener
Artificial Sweetener appears in 31 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
Artificial Sweetener appears in 31 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.
- 31
- catalogued products
- #6,896
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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
93.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Artificial Sweetener as the trigger. Open records such as Apple Lean Apple Cider Vinegar Diet; Apricot flavored jam; Bar and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 67.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 78% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
93.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 31 of 31 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.
Artificial Sweetener sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#6,896 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,896
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 153 others that also appear in exactly 31 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Averaged label depth puts Artificial Sweetener near the end of the captured list (78% of list length, mean slot 17.7). 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 else is usually in the same product as Artificial Sweetener
Across the 31 products on this site that list Artificial Sweetener, 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 25.1x more often with Artificial Sweetener than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Artificial Sweetener products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 21 | 67.7% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 10 | 32.3% | 1.8% |
| Red 40 | 8 | 25.8% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 19.4% | 4.8% |
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 Artificial Sweetener
Products Containing Artificial Sweetener
High-volume slice (16 of 31) for products naming Artificial Sweetener:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Artificial Sweetener: 31 listings averaging 67.4/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Artificial Sweetener evidence
Start from Artificial Sweetener's 31 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Artificial Sweetener and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- 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.
Artificial Sweetener — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Artificial Sweetener sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
93.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Artificial Sweetener is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Artificial Sweetener? ▼
Artificial Sweetener ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,896 of 247,206), appearing in 31 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Artificial Sweetener so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Artificial Sweetener appears in 31 products (#6,896 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Artificial Sweetener). 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.