Food Starch - Modified
Food Starch - Modified appears in 578 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
Food Starch - Modified appears in 578 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.
- 578
- catalogued products
- #959
- usage rank of 247,206
- 187
- named brands represented
- 45%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
55% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Food Starch - Modified as the trigger. Open records such as 18 fruit chews; 6 Apple Pies; 6' Layer Cake and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 45% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 576 of 577 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 Food Starch - Modified - usage rank #959
- Usage rank
- #959
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 578 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 45%
- Mean relative depth 45% across 578 parsed labels, slot 17.5 on average. Food Starch - Modified tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Food Starch - Modified
Across the 578 products on this site that list Food Starch - Modified, 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 4.3x more often with Food Starch - Modified than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Food Starch - Modified products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 112 | 19.4% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 95 | 16.4% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 92 | 15.9% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 85 | 14.7% | 4.8% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 79 | 13.7% | 1.4% |
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 Food Starch - Modified
Products Containing Food Starch - Modified
High-volume slice (16 of 578) for products naming Food Starch - Modified:
High-volume peers for Food Starch - Modified beside “Organic Brown Rice Protein”
Food Starch - Modified sits among other busy catalog rows (578 products, mean score 80.8/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Organic Brown Rice Protein · Lemon Juice Solids · Beef Extract. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Food Starch - Modified page
578 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Food Starch - Modified are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Food Starch - Modified and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- 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.
Food Starch - Modified — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Food Starch - Modified sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Food Starch - Modified is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Food Starch - Modified? ▼
Food Starch - Modified ranks in the top decile by product count (#959 of 247,206), appearing in 578 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Food Starch - Modified so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Food Starch - Modified appears in 578 products (#959 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Food Starch - Modified). 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.