Citrus Fiber

Citrus Fiber appears in 653 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 Fiber appears in 653 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.

653
catalogued products
#877
usage rank of 247,206
191
named brands represented
69%
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.

What this page can and cannot answer

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 147 of 653 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 365 everyday value, seedona sunset fruit & seed mix; 4 Ingredient Oatmilk; A blend of pea protein, bamboo fiber, egg white, and golden flaxseed nuggets to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Citrus Fiber itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

147 of 653 linked records have some flagged component

All 649 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.

Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.

Citrus Fiber sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#877 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#877
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 653 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
69%
Mean relative depth 69% across 653 parsed labels, slot 19.3 on average. Citrus Fiber 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 else is usually in the same product as Citrus Fiber

Across the 653 products on this site that list Citrus Fiber, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 1.9x more often with Citrus Fiber than in the catalogue at large.

Carrageenan: +3.9ppCarrageenan+3.9ppPolysorbate 60: +5.2ppPolysorbate 60+5.2ppCaramel Coloring: +0.9ppCaramel Coloring+0.9ppYellow 5: +0.7ppYellow 5+0.7ppMonk fruit extract: +3.9ppMonk fruit extract+3.9pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Citrus Fiber products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Carrageenan
3.9pp
Polysorbate 60
5.2pp
Caramel Coloring
0.9pp
Yellow 5
0.7pp
Monk fruit extract
3.9pp
Additive Shared products Share of Citrus Fiber products Share of all products
Carrageenan 55 8.4% 4.5%
Polysorbate 60 43 6.6% 1.4%
Caramel Coloring 43 6.6% 5.7%
Yellow 5 36 5.5% 4.8%
Monk fruit extract 29 4.4% 0.5%

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 Fiber

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 16 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 949698100102 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Citrus Fiber
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.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Cracked Wheat”)

Citrus Fiber sits among other busy catalog rows (653 products, mean score 93.5/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cracked Wheat; Red #3; Almond Flour. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

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 Citrus Fiber record

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

  • Review the sampled product records that list Citrus Fiber to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Place Citrus Fiber next to “Red #3” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Citrus Fiber carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Citrus Fiber. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Citrus Fiber?

Citrus Fiber ranks in the top decile by product count (#877 of 247,206), appearing in 653 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Citrus Fiber so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Citrus Fiber appears in 653 products (#877 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Citrus Fiber). 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.