Calcium
Calcium appears in 1,028 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
Calcium appears in 1,028 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.
- 1,028
- catalogued products
- #656
- usage rank of 247,206
- 500
- named brands represented
- 49%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 294 of 1028 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1% lowfat milk; 1% LowFat Milk; 100% Pure Avocado Oil to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Calcium itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
294 of 1,028 linked records have some flagged component
All 919 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Calcium - usage rank #656
- Usage rank
- #656
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 49%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,028 products listing it (mean slot 14.5). Calcium usually falls in the upper half of the 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Calcium
Across the 1,028 products on this site that list Calcium, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Calcium products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trans Fat | 98 | 9.5% | 0% |
| Carrageenan | 67 | 6.5% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 53 | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Red 40 | 43 | 4.2% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 36 | 3.5% | 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.
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 Calcium
Products Containing Calcium
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 1,028 indexed products containing Calcium:
High-volume peers for Calcium beside “Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil”
Top-decile company for Calcium: 1,028 listings averaging 91.3/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil · Buttermilk Solids · Kosher Salt.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Calcium record
Use the 1,028-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Calcium before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare Calcium with a peer such as “Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Calcium — common follow-ups
Does Calcium carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Calcium. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Calcium? ▼
Calcium ranks in the top decile by product count (#656 of 247,206), appearing in 1,028 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Calcium so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Calcium appears in 1,028 products (#656 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium). 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.