Cacao Fat
Cacao Fat appears in 33 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
Cacao Fat appears in 33 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.
- 33
- catalogued products
- #6,578
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 29%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Cacao Fat - usage rank #6,578
- Usage rank
- #6,578
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 168 others that also appear in exactly 33 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 29%
- Mean relative depth 29% across 33 parsed labels, slot 4.8 on average. Cacao Fat tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Cacao Fat reaches 6 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Caramel Fudge Flavored Protein Bars; Caramel Fudge Protein Bar; Choc Protein Bar, Chocolate Cookie Dough Flavored. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (31 of 32), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
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 Cacao Fat
Products Containing Cacao Fat
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 33 indexed products containing Cacao Fat:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Cacao Fat sits among other busy catalog rows (33 products, mean score 100/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Cacao Fat evidence
33 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cacao Fat are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Cacao Fat to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Cacao Fat — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Cacao Fat? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Cacao Fat, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#6,578 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cacao Fat? ▼
Cacao Fat ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,578 of 247,206), appearing in 33 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cacao Fat so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cacao Fat appears in 33 products (#6,578 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cacao Fat). 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.