Barley Malt Powder
Barley Malt Powder appears in 284 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
Barley Malt Powder appears in 284 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.
- 284
- catalogued products
- #1,537
- usage rank of 247,206
- 17
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Barley Malt Powder - usage rank #1,537
- Usage rank
- #1,537
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 284 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 284 products listing it (mean slot 12.1). Barley Malt Powder 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.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 3.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Barley Malt Powder spans 17 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with 3 milk flavor assortment; Assorted Chocolate Mini Sticks; Assorted Chocolate Truffles when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
17 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 283 of 284 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Barley Malt Powder
Across the 284 products on this site that list Barley Malt Powder, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Barley Malt Powder products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 6 | 2.1% | 4.5% |
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 Barley Malt Powder
Products Containing Barley Malt Powder
16 busy labels from the 284 indexed products that list Barley Malt Powder:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “B3”)
Top-decile company for Barley Malt Powder: 284 listings averaging 99.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: B3; Liquid Soybean Oil; Pasteurized Skim Milk.
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 Barley Malt Powder page
284 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Barley Malt Powder are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Barley Malt Powder to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Barley Malt Powder next to “Liquid Soybean Oil” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Barley Malt Powder? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Barley Malt Powder, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,537 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Barley Malt Powder? ▼
Barley Malt Powder ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,537 of 247,206), appearing in 284 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Barley Malt Powder so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Barley Malt Powder appears in 284 products (#1,537 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Barley Malt Powder). 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.