Cottonseed Fiber
Cottonseed Fiber appears in 26 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
Cottonseed Fiber appears in 26 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.
- 26
- catalogued products
- #7,791
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- named brands represented
- 54%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
53.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cottonseed Fiber as the trigger. Open records such as Bagels; blueberry bagels; Blueberry flavored deluxe bagels, blueberry and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 63.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 54% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
53.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 26 of 26 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.
Cottonseed Fiber sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,791 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,791
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 209 others that also appear in exactly 26 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 54%
- Mean relative depth 54% across 26 parsed labels, slot 23.7 on average. Cottonseed Fiber tends to sit in the lower 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.
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 Cottonseed Fiber
Products Containing Cottonseed Fiber
16 busy labels from the 26 indexed products that list Cottonseed Fiber:
Cottonseed Fiber vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Cottonseed Fiber: 26 products, mean screening score 63.5/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Cottonseed Fiber evidence
26 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cottonseed Fiber are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Cottonseed Fiber and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Cottonseed Fiber sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
53.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cottonseed Fiber is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cottonseed Fiber? ▼
Cottonseed Fiber ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,791 of 247,206), appearing in 26 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cottonseed Fiber so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cottonseed Fiber appears in 26 products (#7,791 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cottonseed Fiber). 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.