Controls Acidity
Controls Acidity appears in 362 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
Controls Acidity appears in 362 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.
- 362
- catalogued products
- #1,297
- usage rank of 247,206
- 57
- named brands represented
- 42%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
91.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Controls Acidity as the trigger. Open records such as Baker's, corner, gelatin dessert, orange; Berry blue gelatin dessert; Berry blue gelatin dessert, berry blue and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 54.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 42% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
91.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 361 of 362 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.
Controls Acidity: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,297 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,297
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 362 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 42%
- Averaged label depth puts Controls Acidity in the upper half of the list (42% of list length, mean slot 6.7). 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Controls Acidity
Across the 362 products on this site that list Controls Acidity, 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. Red 40 shows up about 9.3x more often with Controls Acidity than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Controls Acidity products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 182 | 50.3% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 150 | 41.4% | 4.2% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 92 | 25.4% | 1.8% |
| Aspartame | 91 | 25.1% | 0.9% |
| Yellow 6 | 77 | 21.3% | 3.4% |
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 Controls Acidity
Products Containing Controls Acidity
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 362 indexed products containing Controls Acidity:
Controls Acidity vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Controls Acidity sits among other busy catalog rows (362 products, mean score 54.5/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Creamer; Wild Rice; Artificial Butter Flavor. 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 Controls Acidity evidence
362 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Controls Acidity are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Controls Acidity and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Controls Acidity
How should I read safety signals when Controls Acidity sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
91.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Controls Acidity is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Controls Acidity? ▼
Controls Acidity ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,297 of 247,206), appearing in 362 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Controls Acidity so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Controls Acidity appears in 362 products (#1,297 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Controls Acidity). 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.