Collagen
Collagen carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 122 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Collagen appears in 122 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 122
- catalogued products
- #2,741
- usage rank of 247,206
- 46
- named brands represented
- 28%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Collagen - usage rank #2,741
- Usage rank
- #2,741
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 12 others that also appear in exactly 122 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 28%
- Mean relative depth 28% across 122 parsed labels, slot 6.1 on average. Collagen tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 29 of 122 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1st Phorm; All-In-One Protein Smoothie Powder; All-In-One Protein Smoothie Powder to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 35–100 score range to Collagen itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Dietary supplements supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
29 of 122 linked records have some flagged component
All 107 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 35–100 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Collagen
Across the 122 products on this site that list Collagen, 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. Sucralose shows up about 6.1x more often with Collagen than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Collagen products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 20 | 16.4% | 2.7% |
| Monk fruit extract | 20 | 16.4% | 0.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 16 | 13.1% | 1.8% |
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.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
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 Collagen
Products Containing Collagen
16 busy labels from the 122 indexed products that list Collagen:
High-volume peers for Collagen beside “Albacore Tuna”
Collagen sits among other busy catalog rows (122 products, mean score 94.2/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Albacore Tuna; Annato; Dried Bok Choy. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Collagen evidence
Use the 122-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Collagen and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Collagen — common follow-ups
Does Collagen carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Collagen itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "Listed" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Collagen? ▼
Collagen ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,741 of 247,206), appearing in 122 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Collagen do in food? ▼
Collagen is recorded as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, solvent or vehicle in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Collagen). 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.