Citrus Extract
Citrus Extract appears in 236 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
Citrus Extract appears in 236 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.
- 236
- catalogued products
- #1,757
- usage rank of 247,206
- 67
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Citrus Extract - usage rank #1,757
- Usage rank
- #1,757
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 236 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Mean relative depth 58% across 236 parsed labels, slot 12.8 on average. Citrus Extract tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.9% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Citrus Extract spans 67 named brands and is led by the Meats and their products group. Start with Applewood smoked uncured ham; Aquafusion, Liquid Beverage Enhancer, Champagne Mango; Aquafusion, Unsweentened Liquid Beverage Enhancer, Watermelon Hibiscus when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
67 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 213 of 232 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Citrus Extract
Across the 236 products on this site that list Citrus Extract, 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. Monk fruit extract shows up about 28x more often with Citrus Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Citrus Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monk fruit extract | 33 | 14% | 0.5% |
| Carrageenan | 25 | 10.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 11 | 4.7% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 5 | 2.1% | 2.4% |
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 Citrus Extract
Products Containing Citrus Extract
High-volume slice (16 of 236) for products naming Citrus Extract:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Ground Mustard”)
Top-decile company for Citrus Extract: 236 listings averaging 98.8/100. Nearest count peers include “Ground Mustard”, “Organic Isomalto-oligosaccharides”, “Pumpkin Seed Protein”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Citrus Extract page
Use the 236-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Citrus Extract before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Citrus Extract next to “Organic Isomalto-oligosaccharides” (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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Citrus Extract? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Citrus Extract, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,757 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Citrus Extract? ▼
Citrus Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,757 of 247,206), appearing in 236 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Citrus Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Citrus Extract appears in 236 products (#1,757 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Citrus Extract). 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.