Gluconic acid
Gluconic acid carries a source-backed screening score of 5/5 and appears in 102 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Safe.”
Source-backed answer
Gluconic acid appears in 102 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Safe.” No FDA SAFFA status is attached. Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 102
- catalogued products
- #3,094
- usage rank of 247,206
- 32
- named brands represented
- 67%
- 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.
Gluconic acid sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,094 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,094
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 21 others that also appear in exactly 102 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 67%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 102 products listing it (mean slot 19.3). Gluconic acid usually falls in the lower half of the 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 25 of 102 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Avocado Ranch Chopped Kit; Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit; Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 55–100 score range to Gluconic acid itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
25 of 102 linked records have some flagged component
All 100 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 55–100 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Gluconic acid
Across the 102 products on this site that list Gluconic acid, 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 4.6x more often with Gluconic acid than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Gluconic acid products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 21 | 20.6% | 4.5% |
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.
Function
pH Control
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 Gluconic acid
Products Containing Gluconic acid
High-volume slice (16 of 102) for products naming Gluconic acid:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Ada”)
High-volume peers for Gluconic acid: 102 products, mean screening score 98/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Ada; Apple Extract; Baby Corn. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Gluconic acid page
Start from Gluconic acid's 102 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Gluconic acid to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Gluconic acid
Does Gluconic 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. Gluconic acid itself carries a CSPI "Safe" rating where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Gluconic acid? ▼
Gluconic acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,094 of 247,206), appearing in 102 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Gluconic acid do in food? ▼
Gluconic acid is recorded as a ph control in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Gluconic 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.