Modified Food Starch
Modified Food Starch appears in 18,138 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 Starch appears in 18,138 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.
- 18,138
- catalogued products
- #52
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2,727
- named brands represented
- 44%
- 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
52.4% 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 Starch as the trigger. Open records such as 1 % Lowfat Yogurt Coconut; 1% Lowfat Chocolate Milk; 1% Lowfat Cultured Buttermilk and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 44% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 18022 of 18070 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.
High-volume listing for Modified Food Starch - usage rank #52
- Usage rank
- #52
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 44%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 18,307 products listing it (mean slot 14.4). Modified Food Starch 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.
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 Modified Food Starch
Across the 18,138 products on this site that list Modified Food Starch, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.7x more often with Modified Food Starch than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Modified Food Starch products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 2,784 | 15.3% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 2,229 | 12.3% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 2,215 | 12.2% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 1,857 | 10.2% | 4.8% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 1,712 | 9.4% | 2.4% |
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 Modified Food Starch
Products Containing Modified Food Starch
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 18,138 indexed products containing Modified Food Starch:
High-volume peers for Modified Food Starch beside “Sodium Bicarbonate”
Modified Food Starch sits among other busy catalog rows (18,138 products, mean score 83.8/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Sodium Bicarbonate; Carrageenan; Blue 1. 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.
What to do with this Modified Food Starch record
Start from Modified Food Starch's 18,138 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Modified Food Starch 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
- 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 Modified Food Starch sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.4% 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 Starch is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Modified Food Starch? ▼
Modified Food Starch ranks in the top decile by product count (#52 of 247,206), appearing in 18,138 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Modified Food Starch so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Modified Food Starch appears in 18,138 products (#52 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Modified Food Starch). 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.