Modified Carn Starch
Modified Carn Starch appears in 2 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
Modified Carn Starch appears in 2 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.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 34%
- 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 Modified Carn Starch (#46,185)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 34%
- Averaged label depth puts Modified Carn Starch in the upper half of the list (34% of list length, mean slot 13.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
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: Modified Carn Starch reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Dairies, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Alpina, vanilla low fat yogurt, chocolate pretzel; Hatch Flour Tortillas. 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 4 (2 of 2), 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.
Products Containing Modified Carn Starch
Every indexed product currently listing Modified Carn Starch (2 total):
Parallel catalog profiles to Modified Carn Starch
Use the lists below to place Modified Carn Starch against similar footprints (2 products).
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 Modified Carn Starch record
Use the 2-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 Modified Carn Starch 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. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Modified Carn Starch
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Modified Carn Starch? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Modified Carn Starch, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#46,185 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Where does Modified Carn Starch show up across the catalog? ▼
Modified Carn Starch sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Modified Carn Starch so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Modified Carn Starch. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Modified Carn Starch). 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.