Corn Vinegar
Corn Vinegar appears in 38 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
Corn Vinegar appears in 38 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.
- 38
- catalogued products
- #6,007
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- named brands represented
- 30%
- 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
57.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Corn Vinegar as the trigger. Open records such as Bacon caesar dressing & toppings for 4 great tasting salads; Balsamic vinaigrette premium dressing; Caesar Chicken Salad and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 89.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 30% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
57.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 36 of 38 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.
Corn Vinegar: top-decile catalog footprint (#6,007 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,007
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 118 others that also appear in exactly 38 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 30%
- Mean relative depth 30% across 38 parsed labels, slot 15.7 on average. Corn Vinegar tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Corn Vinegar
Across the 38 products on this site that list Corn Vinegar, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 8.8x more often with Corn Vinegar than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Corn Vinegar products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 19 | 50% | 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 Corn Vinegar
Products Containing Corn Vinegar
16 busy labels from the 38 indexed products that list Corn Vinegar:
Corn Vinegar vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Corn Vinegar: 38 products, mean screening score 89.9/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Corn Vinegar evidence
Use the 38-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 Corn Vinegar to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Corn Vinegar
How should I read safety signals when Corn Vinegar sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
57.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Corn Vinegar is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Corn Vinegar? ▼
Corn Vinegar ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,007 of 247,206), appearing in 38 indexed products led by Salted-snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Corn Vinegar so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Corn Vinegar appears in 38 products (#6,007 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Corn Vinegar). 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.