Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate

Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate carries a safety score of 3/5 and appears in 81 indexed US food products.

Safety score 60.0%

3/5 from FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine

How common is vs other flagged additives?

Number of indexed products containing each of the most common flagged additives — Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate highlighted.

Indexed products containing each flagged additive. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists × FDA SAFFA × CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Caramel Coloring22612Red 4021595Yellow 518987Carrageenan17853Blue 116643Yellow 613560Sucralose10490Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate81
Indexed products containing each flagged additive. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists × FDA SAFFA × CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Safety Score
3/5

Safety Assessment

Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate has a moderate safety profile (3/5). While approved for use, some studies or consumer advocacy groups have raised questions about certain aspects of this ingredient. Consumers who prefer caution may wish to limit intake.

What the Data Says About

Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate currently appears in 81 products across the OpenFoodFacts catalog we index, which gives a concrete measure of its footprint on US grocery shelves. Our internal safety score of 3/5 synthesizes FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Chemical Cuisine classification. These two frameworks capture different questions: regulators ask whether exposure at typical intake is acceptable, while consumer-advocacy groups examine cumulative dietary load and vulnerable-population risk.

Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate serves one or more technical functions in food manufacturing — stabilization, flavor, preservation, or structural role — which explains its presence across multiple product categories in our database. Inspection and outbreak records frequently trace back to control failures around functional additives, whether through batch contamination, undisclosed substitutions, or labeling mismatches that trigger recall classifications by the FDA.

No specific concern flags are attached to Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate in our current data snapshot beyond the regulatory and CSPI classifications above. That does not rule out individual sensitivity reactions, and anyone managing allergies, elimination diets, or chronic conditions should verify with a qualified healthcare professional before relying on population-level ratings.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Regulatory and safety classifications for Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate
Source Classification Year
FDA SAFFA Not listed 2024
CSPI Chemical Cuisine Not rated 2024
PlainFoodSafe Score 3/5 2026
Product footprint 81 products OpenFoodFacts

FDA SAFFA database, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, OpenFoodFacts product index. See methodology.

Products Containing

Showing 50 of 81 products

Apple Crunch
Unknown
0/100
Apple crunch sweetened multi-grain cereal
Unknown
0/100
Apple wows sweetened multi-grain cereal & cinnamon, apple wows
Unknown
0/100
Apple Zing Cereal, Apple Zing
Unknown
0/100
Apple zings
Apple Zings
0/100
Apple zings cereal, apple zings
Unknown
0/100
Apple Zings Cereal, Apple Zings
Unknown
0/100
Berry crisp crunch sweetened corn & oat cereal
Crisp, Hyvee
0/100
Berry crunch cereal, berry
Unknown
0/100
Berry treasure sweetened corn & oat cereal
Unknown
0/100
Birthday cake remix cereal
Unknown
35/100
Cake batter flavored cereal with chocolate flavored marshmallows
Unknown
35/100
Cereal
Apple Zings
0/100
Cereal
Mom Brands
0/100
Cereal
Mom Brands
100/100
Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cereal
Malt O Meal
0/100
Cereal
Apple Zings
0/100
Cereal
Malt o Meal
0/100
Cereal
MOM Brands, Malt O Meal
0/100
Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cereal
Malt-O-Meal
100/100
Cereal
Unknown
0/100
Cereal
Apple Zings
0/100
Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cereal
Unknown
0/100
Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cereal
Unknown
95/100
Cereal
Unknown
0/100
Cereal
Unknown
100/100
Cereal
Unknown
95/100
Cereal
Post Foods Llc
100/100
Cereal
Unknown
95/100
Cereal apple & cinnamon
Unknown
0/100
Cereal, double chocolate brownie crunch
Unknown
100/100
Cinnamon Cereal Toasters
Unknown
100/100
Cinnamon Crunch Sweetened Wheat And Rice Cereal
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
100/100
Cinnamon toasters cereal, cinnamon toasters
Cinnamon Toasters
100/100
Cinnamon toasters gigantic size
Unknown
100/100
Cocoa crunch corn puff cereal
Market Basket, Market Basket Inc.
95/100
Cocoa crunchies cereal
Unknown
95/100
Cocoa treats sweetened corn cereal, cocoa treats
Unknown
95/100
Corn & oat cereal
Essential Everyday
0/100
Corn cereal
Unknown
95/100
Corn flakes crispy toasted cereal
Unknown
100/100
Essential M, Toasted Rice Cereal
Meijer
100/100
Frosted corn puffs cereal
Unknown
95/100
Frosted Fruit O's
Wegmans
0/100
Fruit spins sweetened multigrain cereal with
Great Value
0/100
Honey graham and strawberry flavored cereal with marshmallows
Unknown
75/100

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate safe to eat?

Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate has a safety score of 3/5. Always check with a healthcare provider if you have specific dietary concerns.

What products contain Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate?

Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate is found in 81 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.

What does Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate do in food?

Bht Added To Preserve Freshness. Vitamins And Minerals: Ferric Orthophosphate serves various technical functions in food manufacturing and processing.

Where does this ingredient safety data come from?

Safety data comes from the FDA's SAFFA (Substances Added to Food) database, CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) ratings, and the OpenFoodFacts product database. Product counts reflect items cataloged in OpenFoodFacts.