Disodium Citrate
Disodium Citrate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 4 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Disodium Citrate appears in 4 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Prior Sanctioned.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 57%
- 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.
Disodium Citrate: above-median product count (beats 88.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #28,812
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 57%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 4 products listing it (mean slot 8.0). Disodium Citrate usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Disodium Citrate reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Baking-decorations, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Cocoa & Mug Set; Peanuts, Cocoa & Mug Set; Walgreen's, Marvel Ultimate Spiderman, Cocoa & Mug Set. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (4 of 4), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
Function
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 4 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 Disodium Citrate
Products Containing Disodium Citrate
Every indexed product currently listing Disodium Citrate (4 total):
Count-or-score neighbours for Disodium Citrate
Use the lists below to place Disodium Citrate against similar footprints (4 products).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Disodium Citrate evidence
4 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Disodium Citrate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Disodium Citrate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. 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.
Questions readers ask about Disodium Citrate
What do the source ratings say about Disodium Citrate? ▼
Disodium Citrate has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Prior Sanctioned. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Where does Disodium Citrate show up across the catalog? ▼
Disodium Citrate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Disodium Citrate do in food? ▼
Disodium Citrate is recorded as a stabilizer or thickener in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Disodium Citrate). 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.