Calcium Alginate
Calcium Alginate appears in 48 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 Alginate appears in 48 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.
- 48
- catalogued products
- #5,109
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
60.4% 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 Alginate as the trigger. Open records such as Apple Danish; Apple Mascarpone Strudel; Apple strudel and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 77.5/100 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.
60.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 48 of 48 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.
Calcium Alginate: top-decile catalog footprint (#5,109 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,109
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 66 others that also appear in exactly 48 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 70%
- Mean relative depth 70% across 48 parsed labels, slot 27.9 on average. Calcium Alginate tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Calcium Alginate
Across the 48 products on this site that list Calcium Alginate, 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. Red 40 shows up about 5x more often with Calcium Alginate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Calcium Alginate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 13 | 27.1% | 5.4% |
| Carrageenan | 10 | 20.8% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 7 | 14.6% | 2.7% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 14.6% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 5 | 10.4% | 4.2% |
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 Alginate
Products Containing Calcium Alginate
High-volume slice (16 of 48) for products naming Calcium Alginate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Calcium Alginate: 48 listings averaging 77.5/100.
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 Alginate record
Start from Calcium Alginate's 48 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Calcium Alginate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Calcium Alginate
How should I read safety signals when Calcium Alginate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
60.4% 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 Alginate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Calcium Alginate? ▼
Calcium Alginate ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,109 of 247,206), appearing in 48 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Calcium Alginate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Calcium Alginate appears in 48 products (#5,109 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium Alginate). 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.