Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid
Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid appears in 3 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
Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid appears in 3 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.
- 3
- catalogued products
- #35,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 94%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 1 of 3 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Chex, Big Crispy Puffs Multigrain Chips, Mesquite Bbq, Mesquite Bbq; Chex, Chips, Cheddar Japaleno; Homestyle Meatloaf With Mashed Potatoes to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
1 of 3 linked records have some flagged component
All 3 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.
Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid: above-median product count (beats 85.8% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #35,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 94%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 3 products listing it (mean slot 27.7). Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
Products Containing Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid
All 3 indexed products that name Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid:
Ingredients with similar product-count or score profiles
Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid comparison set — 3 products, mean 66.7/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid record
3 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid 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 Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Where does Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid show up across the catalog? ▼
Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Freshness Preserved By Citric Acid). 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.