B1
B1 appears in 417 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
B1 appears in 417 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.
- 417
- catalogued products
- #1,162
- usage rank of 247,206
- 138
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 128 of 417 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 12 White Rolls; 2 Goat's Cheese & Caramelised Onion Tarts; 4 ciabatta rolls to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 10–100 score range to B1 itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
128 of 417 linked records have some flagged component
All 402 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 10–100 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.
B1 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,162 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,162
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 417 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 45%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 417 products listing it (mean slot 16.0). B1 usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 B1
Across the 417 products on this site that list B1, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 9.2x more often with B1 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of B1 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 54 | 12.9% | 1.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 52 | 12.5% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 27 | 6.5% | 2.4% |
| BHA | 27 | 6.5% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 26 | 6.2% | 1.1% |
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 B1
Products Containing B1
High-volume slice (16 of 417) for products naming B1:
B1 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for B1: 417 products, mean screening score 91.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural Beef Flavor; Enriched Corn Meal; Dried Unsweetened Coconut. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the B1 page
Start from B1's 417 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for B1 and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
B1 — common follow-ups
Does B1 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 B1. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with B1? ▼
B1 ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,162 of 247,206), appearing in 417 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is B1 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet B1 appears in 417 products (#1,162 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (B1). 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.