Calcium Acetate
Calcium Acetate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 359 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Calcium Acetate appears in 359 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 359
- catalogued products
- #1,306
- usage rank of 247,206
- 80
- named brands represented
- 70%
- 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.
Calcium Acetate: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,306 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,306
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 359 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 70%
- Mean relative depth 70% across 359 parsed labels, slot 31.3 on average. Calcium Acetate tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
51.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Calcium Acetate as the trigger. Open records such as 10” Chocolate Cake Filled with Chocolate Mousse; 7up Lemon Like Cake; 7up Ring Cake and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 79.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 70% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 353 of 359 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Calcium Acetate
Across the 359 products on this site that list Calcium Acetate, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 49.4x more often with Calcium Acetate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Calcium Acetate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 248 | 69.1% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 83 | 23.1% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 51 | 14.2% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 47 | 13.1% | 4.2% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 41 | 11.4% | 2.1% |
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.
Function
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
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 Acetate
Products Containing Calcium Acetate
High-volume slice (16 of 359) for products naming Calcium Acetate:
Calcium Acetate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Calcium Acetate sits among other busy catalog rows (359 products, mean score 79.5/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Anti-caking Blend · Diced Tomatoes In Juice · Ginger Root. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Next steps from the Calcium Acetate page
359 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Calcium Acetate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Calcium Acetate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Calcium Acetate next to “Diced Tomatoes In Juice” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Calcium Acetate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Calcium Acetate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Calcium Acetate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Calcium Acetate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Calcium Acetate? ▼
Calcium Acetate ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,306 of 247,206), appearing in 359 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Calcium Acetate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Calcium Acetate is recorded as a color or coloring adjunct, firming agent, flavoring agent or adjuvant, ph control agent, processing aid, sequestrant, stabilizer or thickener, texturizer in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium Acetate). 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.