Buffered Sodium Citrate
Buffered Sodium Citrate appears in 5 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
Buffered Sodium Citrate appears in 5 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.
- 5
- catalogued products
- #24,708
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 32%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
80% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Buffered Sodium Citrate as the trigger. Open records such as Seasoned chicken boneless skinless drum & thigh fillet; Seasoned Chicken For Fajitas Chicken Breast; Seasoned Chicken For Fajitas, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 92.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 32% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
80% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 5 of 5 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.
Buffered Sodium Citrate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#24,708 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #24,708
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4,103 others that also appear in exactly 5 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 32%
- Averaged label depth puts Buffered Sodium Citrate in the upper half of the list (32% of list length, mean slot 7.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 5 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 Buffered Sodium Citrate
Products Containing Buffered Sodium Citrate
A sample of 5 high-volume listings among the 5 indexed products containing Buffered Sodium Citrate:
Buffered Sodium Citrate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Buffered Sodium Citrate sits among other busy catalog rows (5 products, mean score 92/100). 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.
What to do with this Buffered Sodium Citrate record
Use the 5-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Buffered Sodium Citrate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Buffered Sodium Citrate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Buffered Sodium Citrate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
80% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Buffered Sodium Citrate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Buffered Sodium Citrate? ▼
Buffered Sodium Citrate ranks in the top decile by product count (#24,708 of 247,206), appearing in 5 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Buffered Sodium Citrate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Buffered Sodium Citrate appears in 5 products (#24,708 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Buffered Sodium Citrate). 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.