Demerara Sugar
Demerara Sugar appears in 134 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
Demerara Sugar appears in 134 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.
- 134
- catalogued products
- #2,547
- usage rank of 247,206
- 57
- named brands represented
- 35%
- 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.
Demerara Sugar sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,547 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,547
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 16 others that also appear in exactly 134 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 35%
- Mean relative depth 35% across 134 parsed labels, slot 6.6 on average. Demerara Sugar 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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 9.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Demerara Sugar spans 57 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with 4 Extra Fruity Hot Cross Buns; Ancho Chili ""Fiesta"" Rub; Ancho Chili Spices when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
57 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 87 of 127 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Demerara Sugar
Across the 134 products on this site that list Demerara Sugar, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Demerara Sugar products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 11 | 8.2% | 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 Demerara Sugar
Products Containing Demerara Sugar
High-volume slice (16 of 134) for products naming Demerara Sugar:
High-volume peers for Demerara Sugar beside “Acide Citrique”
Top-decile company for Demerara Sugar: 134 listings averaging 99.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Acide Citrique; Aged Red Peppers; Black Pepper Extract.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Demerara Sugar record
Start from Demerara Sugar's 134 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Demerara Sugar to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare Demerara Sugar with a peer such as “Acide Citrique” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Demerara Sugar? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Demerara Sugar, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,547 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Demerara Sugar? ▼
Demerara Sugar ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,547 of 247,206), appearing in 134 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Demerara Sugar so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Demerara Sugar appears in 134 products (#2,547 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Demerara Sugar). 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.