As Thickener
As Thickener appears in 7 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 Thickener appears in 7 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.
- 7
- catalogued products
- #19,546
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 74%
- 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.
As Thickener: top-decile catalog footprint (#19,546 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #19,546
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,185 others that also appear in exactly 7 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Mean relative depth 74% across 7 parsed labels, slot 16.0 on average. As Thickener tends to sit in the lower 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 14.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: As Thickener spans 4 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with Daystar desserts, chocolate truffle crunch; Mango Chilli Sauce; Pretzel Twists when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 89.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
4 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 7 of 7 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 7 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 Thickener
Products Containing As Thickener
A sample of 7 high-volume listings among the 7 indexed products containing As Thickener:
As Thickener vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for As Thickener: 7 products, mean screening score 89.3/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the As Thickener evidence
7 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on As Thickener are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for As Thickener and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
As Thickener — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on As Thickener? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to As Thickener, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#19,546 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with As Thickener? ▼
As Thickener ranks in the top decile by product count (#19,546 of 247,206), appearing in 7 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is As Thickener so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet As Thickener appears in 7 products (#19,546 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (As Thickener). 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.