Folic Add
Folic Add appears in 6 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
Folic Add appears in 6 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.
- 6
- catalogued products
- #21,732
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 64%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 2 of 6 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bella Minestrone Soup; Crispy Treats; General mills to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Folic Add itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
2 of 6 linked records have some flagged component
All 6 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Folic Add: top-decile catalog footprint (#21,732 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #21,732
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 64%
- Mean relative depth 64% across 6 parsed labels, slot 22.7 on average. Folic Add 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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 6 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 Folic Add
Products Containing Folic Add
6 busy labels from the 6 indexed products that list Folic Add:
Folic Add vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Folic Add: 6 products, mean screening score 66.7/100. 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 Folic Add evidence
6 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Folic Add are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Folic Add before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- 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
Does Folic Add carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Folic Add. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Folic Add? ▼
Folic Add ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 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 Folic Add so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Folic Add appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Folic Add). 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.