Carbonated Water
Carbonated Water appears in 8,654 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
Carbonated Water appears in 8,654 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.
- 8,654
- catalogued products
- #139
- usage rank of 247,206
- 952
- named brands represented
- 0%
- 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
61.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Carbonated Water as the trigger. Open records such as 1 Liter Pepsi; 10 mg THC Cannabis Infused Soda, Classic Root Beer; 100% Natural Seltzer and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 0% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 8182 of 8571 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.
Carbonated Water: top-decile catalog footprint (#139 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #139
- 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
- 0%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 8,654 products listing it (mean slot 1.0). Carbonated Water usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Carbonated Water
Across the 8,654 products on this site that list Carbonated Water, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 4.7x more often with Carbonated Water than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Carbonated Water products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 2,299 | 26.6% | 5.7% |
| Sucralose | 1,520 | 17.6% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 1,473 | 17% | 1.8% |
| Aspartame | 1,283 | 14.8% | 0.9% |
| Red 40 | 1,224 | 14.1% | 5.4% |
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 Carbonated Water
Products Containing Carbonated Water
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 8,654 indexed products containing Carbonated Water:
High-volume peers for Carbonated Water beside “Beef”
Top-decile company for Carbonated Water: 8,654 listings averaging 81.7/100. Nearest count peers include “Beef”, “Titanium Dioxide”, “For Color”.
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 Carbonated Water record
Start from Carbonated Water's 8,654 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Carbonated Water to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Carbonated Water next to “Titanium Dioxide” (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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Carbonated Water sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Carbonated Water is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Carbonated Water? ▼
Carbonated Water ranks in the top decile by product count (#139 of 247,206), appearing in 8,654 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Carbonated Water so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Carbonated Water appears in 8,654 products (#139 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carbonated Water). 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.