Citrus Pectin
Citrus Pectin appears in 450 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 Pectin appears in 450 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.
- 450
- catalogued products
- #1,108
- usage rank of 247,206
- 122
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 130 of 450 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% fruit bar; 100% fruit strip; 100% Fruit Strip to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Citrus Pectin 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.
130 of 450 linked records have some flagged component
All 450 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.
High-volume listing for Citrus Pectin - usage rank #1,108
- Usage rank
- #1,108
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 450 products listing it (mean slot 8.8). Citrus Pectin usually falls in the lower half of the 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 Citrus Pectin
Across the 450 products on this site that list Citrus Pectin, 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. Acesulfame Potassium shows up about 10.5x more often with Citrus Pectin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Citrus Pectin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acesulfame Potassium | 85 | 18.9% | 1.8% |
| Sucralose | 71 | 15.8% | 2.7% |
| Aspartame | 51 | 11.3% | 0.9% |
| Yellow 5 | 47 | 10.4% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 34 | 7.6% | 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 Citrus Pectin
Products Containing Citrus Pectin
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 450 indexed products containing Citrus Pectin:
High-volume peers for Citrus Pectin beside “Cheese Sauce”
High-volume peers for Citrus Pectin: 450 products, mean screening score 85.4/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Cheese Sauce · Choline Chloride · Anchovy. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
Using the Citrus Pectin evidence
Start from Citrus Pectin's 450 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Citrus Pectin and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Citrus Pectin with a peer such as “Cheese Sauce” on 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Citrus Pectin 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 Pectin. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Citrus Pectin? ▼
Citrus Pectin ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,108 of 247,206), appearing in 450 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Citrus Pectin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Citrus Pectin appears in 450 products (#1,108 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Citrus Pectin). 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.