As Emulsifiers

As Emulsifiers appears in 5 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

As Emulsifiers appears in 5 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.

5
catalogued products
#24,708
usage rank of 247,206
5
named brands represented
45%
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

100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify As Emulsifiers as the trigger. Open records such as Assorted Truffle Gift Box; Mini S'Mores; Sea salt caramels, mini milk chocolate and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 63.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 45% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 5 of 5 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.

As Emulsifiers sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#24,708 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#24,708
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4,103 others that also appear in exactly 5 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
45%
Mean relative depth 45% across 5 parsed labels, slot 18.2 on average. As Emulsifiers tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

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 do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 5 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 As Emulsifiers

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 5 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 020406080100 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing As Emulsifiers Assorted Truffle Gift BoxMini S'MoresSea salt caramels, mini milk chocolateSweet BreadThe fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for As Emulsifiers

As Emulsifiers sits among other busy catalog rows (5 products, mean score 63/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the As Emulsifiers page

5 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on As Emulsifiers are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Review the sampled product records that list As Emulsifiers to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • 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.

As Emulsifiers — common follow-ups

How should I read safety signals when As Emulsifiers sits in heavily flagged products?

100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming As Emulsifiers is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with As Emulsifiers?

As Emulsifiers ranks in the top decile by product count (#24,708 of 247,206), appearing in 5 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is As Emulsifiers so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet As Emulsifiers appears in 5 products (#24,708 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (As Emulsifiers). 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.