Fructan
Fructan appears in 63 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
Fructan appears in 63 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.
- 63
- catalogued products
- #4,249
- usage rank of 247,206
- 17
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 19 of 63 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare A collision of creamy milk chocolate, crunchy peanuts, rice puffs & pretzels; Assorted fruit flavored snacks; Assorted fruit flavored snacks to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Fructan itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
19 of 63 linked records have some flagged component
All 63 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.
High-volume listing for Fructan - usage rank #4,249
- Usage rank
- #4,249
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 52 others that also appear in exactly 63 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Averaged label depth puts Fructan in the lower half of the list (65% of list length, mean slot 14.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Fructan
Across the 63 products on this site that list Fructan, 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 2.2x more often with Fructan than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fructan products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 8 | 12.7% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 7 | 11.1% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 9.5% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 6 | 9.5% | 4.2% |
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 Fructan
Products Containing Fructan
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 63 indexed products containing Fructan:
High-volume peers for Fructan beside “2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil”
High-volume peers for Fructan: 63 products, mean screening score 89.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil · Acai Powder · Organic Acerola Extract. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Fructan record
Use the 63-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Fructan to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Fructan next to “Acai Powder” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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 Fructan
Does Fructan 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 Fructan. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fructan? ▼
Fructan ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,249 of 247,206), appearing in 63 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fructan so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fructan appears in 63 products (#4,249 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fructan). 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.