Cmc
Cmc appears in 66 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
Cmc appears in 66 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.
- 66
- catalogued products
- #4,131
- usage rank of 247,206
- 33
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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.
Cmc sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,131 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,131
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 47 others that also appear in exactly 66 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Mean relative depth 68% across 66 parsed labels, slot 9.3 on average. Cmc tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 19.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Cmc spans 33 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Aloe Vera in Pire Water Wild Berry; Apple Nectar; Bitter Orange when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
33 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 65 of 66 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 Cmc
Across the 66 products on this site that list Cmc, 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 2.4x more often with Cmc than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cmc products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 7 | 10.6% | 4.5% |
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 Cmc
Products Containing Cmc
16 busy labels from the 66 indexed products that list Cmc:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Almond Protein”)
High-volume peers for Cmc: 66 products, mean screening score 96.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Almond Protein; Alpha Amylase; Arôme. 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 Cmc evidence
66 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cmc are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Cmc before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Cmc with a peer such as “Almond Protein” 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Cmc
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Cmc? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Cmc, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,131 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cmc? ▼
Cmc ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,131 of 247,206), appearing in 66 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cmc so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cmc appears in 66 products (#4,131 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cmc). 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.