Cla
Cla appears in 18 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
Cla appears in 18 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.
- 18
- catalogued products
- #10,099
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
83.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cla as the trigger. Open records such as Detour, Whey Protein Bar, Caramel Peanut; Hanuta, Wafer Filled With Hazelnut Cream; Lean Whey Iso-Hydro and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 34% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
83.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 18 of 18 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.
Cla: top-decile catalog footprint (#10,099 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #10,099
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 399 others that also appear in exactly 18 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 34%
- Averaged label depth puts Cla in the upper half of the list (34% of list length, mean slot 13.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
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 Cla
Products Containing Cla
16 busy labels from the 18 indexed products that list Cla:
High-volume peers for Cla
High-volume peers for Cla: 18 products, mean screening score 87.5/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Cla record
18 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cla are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Cla to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- 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 Cla sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
83.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cla is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cla? ▼
Cla ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,099 of 247,206), appearing in 18 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cla so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cla appears in 18 products (#10,099 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cla). 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.