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
- #3,903
- usage rank of 248,027
- 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.
3/5 from FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine
Where Beta-alanine sits among catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #3,903
- of 248,027 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%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 72 products listing it (mean slot 4.5). Beta-alanine usually falls near the top 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. 248,027 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
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.
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, 2026-08-02.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Source | Classification | Year |
|---|---|---|
| FDA SAFFA | Listed | 2024 |
| CSPI Chemical Cuisine | Not rated | 2024 |
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 3/5 | 2026 |
| Product footprint | 72 products | OpenFoodFacts |
FDA SAFFA database, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, OpenFoodFacts product index. See methodology.
Products Containing Beta-alanine
A sample of 16 of the 72 indexed products containing Beta-alanine, with each product's overall safety score.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Beta-alanine safe to eat? ▼
Beta-alanine has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Listed. These labels are not a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific safety determination.
What products contain Beta-alanine? ▼
Beta-alanine is found in 72 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.
What does Beta-alanine do in food? ▼
Beta-alanine is used as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, nutrient supplement in food products.
Citation notes
Regulatory status from FDA SAFFA; safety ratings from CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence from Open Food Facts. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Ingredient figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
