Emulsifier Blend
Emulsifier Blend appears in 136 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
Emulsifier Blend appears in 136 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.
- 136
- catalogued products
- #2,516
- usage rank of 247,206
- 41
- named brands represented
- 51%
- 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
55.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Emulsifier Blend as the trigger. Open records such as Bakery fresh goodness, loaf cake, apple cinnamon; Bakery fresh goodness, loaf cake, cranberry, walnut; Banana Whoopie Pies and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 51% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 136 of 136 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.
Emulsifier Blend sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,516 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,516
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 136 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 51%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 136 products listing it (mean slot 23.2). Emulsifier Blend 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.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Emulsifier Blend
Across the 136 products on this site that list Emulsifier Blend, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 21.5x more often with Emulsifier Blend than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Emulsifier Blend products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 41 | 30.1% | 1.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 26 | 19.1% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 22 | 16.2% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 21 | 15.4% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 19 | 14% | 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 Emulsifier Blend
Products Containing Emulsifier Blend
16 busy labels from the 136 indexed products that list Emulsifier Blend:
Emulsifier Blend vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Emulsifier Blend sits among other busy catalog rows (136 products, mean score 80.3/100). Nearest count peers include “Burgundy Wine”, “Organic Coconutmilk”, “Ground Flax Seeds”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Emulsifier Blend evidence
136 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Emulsifier Blend are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Emulsifier Blend 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. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Emulsifier Blend — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Emulsifier Blend sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Emulsifier Blend is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Emulsifier Blend? ▼
Emulsifier Blend ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,516 of 247,206), appearing in 136 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Emulsifier Blend so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Emulsifier Blend appears in 136 products (#2,516 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Emulsifier Blend). 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.