Biotin
Biotin carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2,545 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Biotin appears in 2,545 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 2,545
- catalogued products
- #343
- usage rank of 247,206
- 482
- named brands represented
- 77%
- 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.
Biotin: top-decile catalog footprint (#343 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #343
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 77%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2,545 products listing it (mean slot 31.0). Biotin 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.
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
58.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Biotin as the trigger. Open records such as 0016500579793; 100 calories protein nutrition shake; 100% fruit juice smoothie boosts and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 84.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 77% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
58.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2465 of 2512 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 Biotin
Across the 2,545 products on this site that list Biotin, 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 14.6x more often with Biotin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Biotin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 1,004 | 39.4% | 2.7% |
| Carrageenan | 770 | 30.3% | 4.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 513 | 20.2% | 1.8% |
| Red 40 | 137 | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 116 | 4.6% | 4.8% |
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
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
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 Biotin
Products Containing Biotin
16 busy labels from the 2,545 indexed products that list Biotin:
High-volume peers for Biotin beside “Caramel”
High-volume peers for Biotin: 2,545 products, mean screening score 84.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Caramel; Annatto Color; Calcium Pantothenate. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Biotin record
2,545 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Biotin are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Biotin before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Biotin next to “Annatto Color” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Biotin
How should I read safety signals when Biotin sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
58.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Biotin is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Biotin scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Biotin? ▼
Biotin ranks in the top decile by product count (#343 of 247,206), appearing in 2,545 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Biotin serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Biotin is recorded as a nutrient supplement, sequestrant 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 (Biotin). 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.