B12
B12 appears in 268 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
B12 appears in 268 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.
- 268
- catalogued products
- #1,598
- usage rank of 247,206
- 112
- named brands represented
- 76%
- 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: 92 of 268 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare acai blueberry pomegranate nutrient enhanced water beverage; Almond; Alpro OAT No Sugar to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to B12 itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
92 of 268 linked records have some flagged component
All 261 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
B12: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,598 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,598
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 7 others that also appear in exactly 268 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 76%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 268 products listing it (mean slot 25.0). B12 usually falls near the end of the captured 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 B12
Across the 268 products on this site that list B12, 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 5.8x more often with B12 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of B12 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 42 | 15.7% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 20 | 7.5% | 1.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 18 | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 15 | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 15 | 5.6% | 4.2% |
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 B12
Products Containing B12
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 268 indexed products containing B12:
B12 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for B12: 268 listings averaging 89.7/100. Nearest count peers include “Anticake”, “Bread”, “Cooked Rice”.
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 B12 page
Use the 268-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for B12 and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place B12 next to “Bread” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does B12 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 B12. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with B12? ▼
B12 ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,598 of 247,206), appearing in 268 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is B12 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet B12 appears in 268 products (#1,598 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (B12). 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.