Fruit Pectin
Fruit Pectin appears in 2,259 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
Fruit Pectin appears in 2,259 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.
- 2,259
- catalogued products
- #374
- usage rank of 247,206
- 421
- 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.
Fruit Pectin sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#374 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #374
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Averaged label depth puts Fruit Pectin in the lower half of the list (65% of list length, mean slot 7.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Fruit Pectin spans 421 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 16 Count Fruit Flavored Variety Pack; 3-Dees Fruit Snacks; 365 everyday value, fruit spread, apricot when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
421 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 2258 of 2259 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Fruit Pectin
Across the 2,259 products on this site that list Fruit Pectin, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fruit Pectin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 80 | 3.5% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 72 | 3.2% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 51 | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Sucralose | 29 | 1.3% | 2.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 23 | 1% | 4.8% |
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 Fruit Pectin
Products Containing Fruit Pectin
High-volume slice (16 of 2,259) for products naming Fruit Pectin:
Fruit Pectin vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Fruit Pectin: 2,259 listings averaging 97.4/100. Nearest count peers include “Brown Rice”, “Green Beans”, “Calcium Lactate”.
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.
Using the Fruit Pectin evidence
2,259 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fruit Pectin are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Fruit Pectin and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Fruit Pectin next to “Green Beans” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Fruit Pectin
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Fruit Pectin? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Fruit Pectin, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#374 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fruit Pectin? ▼
Fruit Pectin ranks in the top decile by product count (#374 of 247,206), appearing in 2,259 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fruit Pectin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fruit Pectin appears in 2,259 products (#374 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fruit Pectin). 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.