Foodstarch-modified

Foodstarch-modified appears in 12 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

Foodstarch-modified appears in 12 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.

12
catalogued products
#13,357
usage rank of 247,206
5
named brands represented
39%
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

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 4 of 12 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Baverian creme; Italian Style Pinwheel; Lite Greek Salad Dressing to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 30–100 score range to Foodstarch-modified itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Cooking helpers supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

4 of 12 linked records have some flagged component

All 12 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 30–100 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.

Foodstarch-modified: top-decile catalog footprint (#13,357 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#13,357
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 832 others that also appear in exactly 12 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
39%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 12 products listing it (mean slot 14.8). Foodstarch-modified 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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 12 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 Foodstarch-modified

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 12 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 20406080100120 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Foodstarch-modified Baverian cremeItalian Style PinwheelLite Greek Salad Dressingoringal fried chickenShoprite, kitchen, spinach quiche6 beef enchiladasApple bagpacBirthday cake protein muffinBrown gravy mixCustard filledMembers Mark MuffinStrawberry bars XD
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 Foodstarch-modified

Top-decile company for Foodstarch-modified: 12 listings averaging 89.6/100.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Foodstarch-modified page

Start from Foodstarch-modified's 12 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Foodstarch-modified — common follow-ups

Does Foodstarch-modified 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 Foodstarch-modified. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Foodstarch-modified?

Foodstarch-modified ranks in the top decile by product count (#13,357 of 247,206), appearing in 12 indexed products led by Cooking helpers. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Foodstarch-modified so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Foodstarch-modified appears in 12 products (#13,357 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Foodstarch-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.