Carrrageenan

Carrrageenan 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

Carrrageenan 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
0
named brands represented
77%
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

50% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Carrrageenan as the trigger. Open records such as 2% reduced fat chocolate milk; cheesecake. sara lee and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 97.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 77% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

50% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2 of 2 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.

Upper-half catalog placement for Carrrageenan (#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
77%
Averaged label depth puts Carrrageenan near the end of the captured list (77% of list length, mean slot 29.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.

Products Containing Carrrageenan

All 2 indexed products that name Carrrageenan:

Download these 2 product rows (CSV) 2 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Count and score peers around flagged Carrrageenan

Co-flag rate 50% makes peer triage useful: Carrrageenan covers 2 products (mean 97.5/100).

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

What to do with this Carrrageenan record

2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Carrrageenan are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Carrrageenan to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins

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 Carrrageenan sits in heavily flagged products?

50% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Carrrageenan is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Where does Carrrageenan show up across the catalog?

Carrrageenan sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206). Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

Why is Carrrageenan so common on ingredient lists?

The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Carrrageenan. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carrrageenan). 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.