Calcium Disodium Edta
Calcium Disodium Edta appears in 4,578 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 Disodium Edta appears in 4,578 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.
- 4,578
- catalogued products
- #228
- usage rank of 247,206
- 778
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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
55.5% 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 Disodium Edta as the trigger. Open records such as 1-Step Coleslaw Maker Dressing; 1000 Fajita Island Dressing & Dipping Sauce; 20oz Vegetable Tray SSK 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 75% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 4341 of 4552 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 Disodium Edta sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#228 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #228
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Averaged label depth puts Calcium Disodium Edta near the end of the captured list (75% of list length, mean slot 17.4). 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 Disodium Edta
Across the 4,578 products on this site that list Calcium Disodium Edta, 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. Sucralose shows up about 6.9x more often with Calcium Disodium Edta than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Calcium Disodium Edta products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 855 | 18.7% | 2.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 691 | 15.1% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 687 | 15% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 518 | 11.3% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 500 | 10.9% | 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 Disodium Edta
Products Containing Calcium Disodium Edta
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 4,578 indexed products containing Calcium Disodium Edta:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Vanillin”)
High-volume peers for Calcium Disodium Edta: 4,578 products, mean screening score 79.5/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Vanillin · BHT · Blue 2. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Calcium Disodium Edta page
Use the 4,578-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Calcium Disodium Edta to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Calcium Disodium Edta with a peer such as “Vanillin” 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Calcium Disodium Edta sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.5% 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 Disodium Edta is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Calcium Disodium Edta? ▼
Calcium Disodium Edta ranks in the top decile by product count (#228 of 247,206), appearing in 4,578 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Calcium Disodium Edta so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Calcium Disodium Edta appears in 4,578 products (#228 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium Disodium Edta). 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.