Ferric Pyrophosphate

Ferric Pyrophosphate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 245 indexed US food products.

Source-backed answer

Ferric Pyrophosphate appears in 245 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.

245
catalogued products
#1,705
usage rank of 247,206
53
named brands represented
59%
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.

High-volume listing for Ferric Pyrophosphate - usage rank #1,705

Usage rank
#1,705
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 245 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
59%
Mean relative depth 59% across 245 parsed labels, slot 22.2 on average. Ferric Pyrophosphate tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

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 this page can and cannot answer

Audit the co-occurring flags first

62.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Ferric Pyrophosphate as the trigger. Open records such as 100 calories protein nutrition shake; 7 essential vitamins & minerals; 9 pouches variety pack and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

62.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 236 of 244 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.

What else is usually in the same product as Ferric Pyrophosphate

Across the 245 products on this site that list Ferric Pyrophosphate, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 10.9x more often with Ferric Pyrophosphate than in the catalogue at large.

Carrageenan: +44.5ppCarrageenan+44.5ppSucralose: +36.1ppSucralose+36.1ppAcesulfame Potassium: +24.7ppAcesulfame Potassium+24.7ppRed 3: +7.5ppRed 3+7.5ppYellow 6: +2.7ppYellow 6+2.7pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Ferric Pyrophosphate products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Carrageenan
44.5pp
Sucralose
36.1pp
Acesulfame Potassium
24.7pp
Red 3
7.5pp
Yellow 6
2.7pp
Additive Shared products Share of Ferric Pyrophosphate products Share of all products
Carrageenan 120 49% 4.5%
Sucralose 95 38.8% 2.7%
Acesulfame Potassium 65 26.5% 1.8%
Red 3 21 8.6% 1.1%
Yellow 6 15 6.1% 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.

Function

NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT

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 Ferric Pyrophosphate

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 60708090100110 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Ferric Pyrophosphate
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Ferric Pyrophosphate beside “Vitamin K”

Top-decile company for Ferric Pyrophosphate: 245 listings averaging 82.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Vitamin K; Coconut Flakes; Ground Black Pepper.

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.

Next steps from the Ferric Pyrophosphate page

245 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ferric Pyrophosphate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Ferric Pyrophosphate and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
  • Compare Ferric Pyrophosphate with a peer such as “Vitamin K” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the 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 Ferric Pyrophosphate sits in heavily flagged products?

62.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Ferric Pyrophosphate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Ferric Pyrophosphate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Ferric Pyrophosphate?

Ferric Pyrophosphate ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,705 of 247,206), appearing in 245 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

What function does Ferric Pyrophosphate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives?

Ferric Pyrophosphate is recorded as a nutrient supplement in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ferric Pyrophosphate). 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.