Modified Food Search
Modified Food Search appears in 2 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
Modified Food Search appears in 2 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.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 29%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Modified Food Search as the trigger. Open records such as Chicken Mac and cheese; Jumbo Chicken Franks and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 92.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 29% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2 of 2 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.
Upper-half catalog placement for Modified Food Search (#46,185)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 29%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2 products listing it (mean slot 8.0). Modified Food Search usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
Products Containing Modified Food Search
Full indexed set for Modified Food Search — 2 products:
Nationwide peers near this flagged-ingredient footprint
With 50% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Modified Food Search spans 2 products at 92.5/100 average screening score.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Modified Food Search record
Start from Modified Food Search's 2 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Modified Food Search and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Modified Food Search
How should I read safety signals when Modified Food Search sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Modified Food Search is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Modified Food Search show up across the catalog? ▼
Modified Food Search sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Modified Food Search so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Modified Food Search. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Modified Food Search). 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.