Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite

Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite appears in 2 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

Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite appears in 2 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.

2
catalogued products
#46,185
usage rank of 247,206
2
named brands represented
43%
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.

Upper-half catalog placement for Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite (#46,185)

Usage rank
#46,185
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
43%
Averaged label depth puts Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite in the upper half of the list (43% of list length, mean slot 9.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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 this page can and cannot answer

A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance

No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include America's choice, coconut bars; Coconut Bar Cookies. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.

0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient

Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (2 of 2), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.

Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.

Products Containing Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite

Every indexed product currently listing Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite (2 total):

Download these 2 product rows (CSV) 2 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Parallel catalog profiles to Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite

Use the lists below to place Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite against similar footprints (2 products).

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite page

Use the 2-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
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  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology

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

Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite — common follow-ups

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#46,185 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Where does Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite show up across the catalog?

Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

Why is Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite so common on ingredient lists?

The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Coconut Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite). 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.