Cane Sugar & Citric Acid

Cane Sugar & Citric Acid appears in 4 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

Cane Sugar & Citric Acid appears in 4 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
catalogued products
#28,812
usage rank of 247,206
1
named brands represented
64%
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.

Upper-half catalog placement for Cane Sugar & Citric Acid (#28,812)

Usage rank
#28,812
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
64%
Mean relative depth 64% across 4 parsed labels, slot 13.0 on average. Cane Sugar & Citric Acid 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.

Reading this ingredient record

A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance

No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Cane Sugar & Citric Acid reaches 1 named brands, most often appears under Condiments, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Fresh Hatch Chile Salsa; Fresh Salsa; Fresh Tropical Salsa. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.

0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient

Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 3 (4 of 4), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.

Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 4 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 Cane Sugar & Citric Acid

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 4 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 99.9100.0100.0100100.0100.0100.1 00.00.00.1 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Cane Sugar & Citric Acid Fresh Hatch Chile SalsaFresh SalsaFresh Tropical SalsaSalsa
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Products Containing Cane Sugar & Citric Acid

Every indexed product currently listing Cane Sugar & Citric Acid (4 total):

Download these 4 product rows (CSV) 4 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Parallel catalog profiles to Cane Sugar & Citric Acid

Cane Sugar & Citric Acid comparison set — 4 products, mean 100/100.

Similar mean product score

Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.

Using the Cane Sugar & Citric Acid evidence

Start from Cane Sugar & Citric Acid's 4 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Open the product sample for Cane Sugar & Citric Acid and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Cane Sugar & Citric Acid

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Cane Sugar & Citric Acid?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Cane Sugar & Citric Acid, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#28,812 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Where does Cane Sugar & Citric Acid show up across the catalog?

Cane Sugar & Citric Acid sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

Why is Cane Sugar & Citric Acid so common on ingredient lists?

The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Cane Sugar & Citric Acid. Its in the lower half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cane Sugar & Citric Acid). 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.