Cocoa Alkali Processed
Cocoa Alkali Processed appears in 106 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
Cocoa Alkali Processed appears in 106 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.
- 106
- catalogued products
- #3,011
- usage rank of 247,206
- 20
- named brands represented
- 44%
- 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
74.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cocoa Alkali Processed as the trigger. Open records such as Brownie Bites; Cake; Candy bar creamy vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce & nestle butterfinger candy pieces on a fudge topped chocolate cookie crust with whipped topping sundae premium ice cream cake, candy bar and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 64.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 44% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
74.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 105 of 106 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.
Cocoa Alkali Processed sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,011 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,011
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 21 others that also appear in exactly 106 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 44%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 106 products listing it (mean slot 19.9). Cocoa Alkali Processed usually falls in the upper 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 Cocoa Alkali Processed
Across the 106 products on this site that list Cocoa Alkali Processed, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 56.6x more often with Cocoa Alkali Processed than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cocoa Alkali Processed products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 84 | 79.2% | 1.4% |
| Carrageenan | 44 | 41.5% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 38 | 35.8% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 32 | 30.2% | 4.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 30 | 28.3% | 5.7% |
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 Cocoa Alkali Processed
Products Containing Cocoa Alkali Processed
High-volume slice (16 of 106) for products naming Cocoa Alkali Processed:
Cocoa Alkali Processed vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Cocoa Alkali Processed sits among other busy catalog rows (106 products, mean score 64.5/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Organic Ancho Chili Pepper; As Methylcobalamin; Bacon Cured With Water. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Cocoa Alkali Processed page
106 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cocoa Alkali Processed are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Cocoa Alkali Processed before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Cocoa Alkali Processed — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Cocoa Alkali Processed sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
74.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cocoa Alkali Processed is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cocoa Alkali Processed? ▼
Cocoa Alkali Processed ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,011 of 247,206), appearing in 106 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cocoa Alkali Processed so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cocoa Alkali Processed appears in 106 products (#3,011 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cocoa Alkali Processed). 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.