Calcium Edta
Calcium Edta appears in 46 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 Edta appears in 46 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.
- 46
- catalogued products
- #5,260
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 91%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
84.8% 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 Edta as the trigger. Open records such as Arnie's, caramel pecan danish coffeecake; Chocolate Chip Cookies; Halal meat and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 72.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 91% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
84.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 40 of 44 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 Edta: top-decile catalog footprint (#5,260 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,260
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 72 others that also appear in exactly 46 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 91%
- Averaged label depth puts Calcium Edta near the end of the captured list (91% of list length, mean slot 14.6). 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 Edta
Across the 46 products on this site that list Calcium 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 25.8x more often with Calcium Edta than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Calcium Edta products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 32 | 69.6% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 28 | 60.9% | 1.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 20 | 43.5% | 5.7% |
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 Edta
Products Containing Calcium Edta
16 busy labels from the 46 indexed products that list Calcium Edta:
Calcium Edta vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Calcium Edta: 46 listings averaging 72.7/100.
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 Edta page
46 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Calcium Edta are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Calcium Edta to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Edta sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
84.8% 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 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 Edta? ▼
Calcium Edta ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,260 of 247,206), appearing in 46 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Calcium Edta so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Calcium Edta appears in 46 products (#5,260 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium 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.