Beta-alanine
Beta-alanine carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 72 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Beta-alanine appears in 72 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 72
- catalogued products
- #3,897
- usage rank of 247,206
- 29
- named brands represented
- 16%
- 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 Beta-alanine - usage rank #3,897
- Usage rank
- #3,897
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 39 others that also appear in exactly 72 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 16%
- Mean relative depth 16% across 72 parsed labels, slot 4.5 on average. Beta-alanine tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
76.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Beta-alanine as the trigger. Open records such as Amino energy; Bareknuckle Punch Energy; Bcaa Energy and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 16% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
76.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 66 of 69 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Beta-alanine
Across the 72 products on this site that list Beta-alanine, 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 26.7x more often with Beta-alanine than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Beta-alanine products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 52 | 72.2% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 28 | 38.9% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 6 | 8.3% | 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.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
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 Beta-alanine
Products Containing Beta-alanine
High-volume slice (16 of 72) for products naming Beta-alanine:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Added To Retain Moisture”)
Top-decile company for Beta-alanine: 72 listings averaging 80.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Added To Retain Moisture · Almond Oil · Natural Banana Flavoring.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Beta-alanine record
72 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Beta-alanine are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Beta-alanine to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Beta-alanine next to “Almond Oil” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Beta-alanine
How should I read safety signals when Beta-alanine sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
76.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Beta-alanine is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Beta-alanine scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Listed". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Beta-alanine? ▼
Beta-alanine ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,897 of 247,206), appearing in 72 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Beta-alanine serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Beta-alanine is recorded as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, nutrient supplement in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Beta-alanine). 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.