Calcium Carrageenan
Calcium Carrageenan appears in 55 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 Carrageenan appears in 55 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.
- 55
- catalogued products
- #4,670
- usage rank of 247,206
- 14
- named brands represented
- 60%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.8% 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 Carrageenan as the trigger. Open records such as Angelo, gelato italiano, gourmet ice cream, strawberry; Banana cream cook serve pudding pie filling boxes; Butterscotch pudding pie filling mix boxes and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 77.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 60% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 55 of 55 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 Carrageenan sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,670 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,670
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 61 others that also appear in exactly 55 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 60%
- Averaged label depth puts Calcium Carrageenan in the lower half of the list (60% of list length, mean slot 20.8). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Carrageenan
Across the 55 products on this site that list Calcium Carrageenan, 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 18.2x more often with Calcium Carrageenan than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Calcium Carrageenan products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 14 | 25.5% | 1.4% |
| Carrageenan | 14 | 25.5% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 5 | 12 | 21.8% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 11 | 20% | 3.4% |
| Blue 1 | 11 | 20% | 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 Carrageenan
Products Containing Calcium Carrageenan
High-volume slice (16 of 55) for products naming Calcium Carrageenan:
High-volume peers for Calcium Carrageenan beside “100% Organic Grass Fed Beef”
Calcium Carrageenan sits among other busy catalog rows (55 products, mean score 77.2/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: 100% Organic Grass Fed Beef; Acai Juice; Added As Preservatives. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Calcium Carrageenan record
55 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Calcium Carrageenan are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Calcium Carrageenan and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Place Calcium Carrageenan next to “Acai Juice” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Calcium Carrageenan
How should I read safety signals when Calcium Carrageenan sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.8% 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 Carrageenan is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Calcium Carrageenan? ▼
Calcium Carrageenan ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,670 of 247,206), appearing in 55 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Calcium Carrageenan so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Calcium Carrageenan appears in 55 products (#4,670 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium Carrageenan). 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.