Box 3534
Box 3534 appears in 6 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
Box 3534 appears in 6 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.
- 6
- catalogued products
- #21,732
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 86%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
83.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Box 3534 as the trigger. Open records such as Keto friendly vanilla frosting; banquet apple pie; joyfetti and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 77.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 86% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
83.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 6 of 6 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.
Box 3534 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#21,732 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #21,732
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 86%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 6 products listing it (mean slot 28.2). Box 3534 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.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 6 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 Box 3534
Products Containing Box 3534
6 busy labels from the 6 indexed products that list Box 3534:
Box 3534 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Box 3534 sits among other busy catalog rows (6 products, mean score 77.5/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Box 3534 evidence
Start from Box 3534's 6 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Box 3534 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Box 3534
How should I read safety signals when Box 3534 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
83.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Box 3534 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Box 3534? ▼
Box 3534 ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Box 3534 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Box 3534 appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Box 3534). 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.