Ca
Ca appears in 56 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
Ca appears in 56 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.
- 56
- catalogued products
- #4,615
- usage rank of 247,206
- 35
- named brands represented
- 89%
- 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.
Ca: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,615 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,615
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 54 others that also appear in exactly 56 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 89%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 56 products listing it (mean slot 16.5). Ca 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 to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 14.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Ca spans 35 named brands and is led by the Undefined group. Start with 989 Ondemand, Enhanced Vitamin Beverage, Pomegranate Blueberry; Aramouni's, Decadent Deviled Eggs; Baking Mix, Brownie when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
35 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 47 of 47 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Ca
Products Containing Ca
High-volume slice (16 of 56) for products naming Ca:
High-volume peers for Ca beside “Almond Base”
High-volume peers for Ca: 56 products, mean screening score 96.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Almond Base; Apples With Calcium Ascorbate To Promote Whiteness And Maintain Texture; Beta-carotene For Color. 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.
Using the Ca evidence
Start from Ca's 56 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Ca 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Ca? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Ca, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,615 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Ca? ▼
Ca ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,615 of 247,206), appearing in 56 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Ca so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Ca appears in 56 products (#4,615 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ca). 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.