High Fructose
High Fructose appears in 115 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
High Fructose appears in 115 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.
- 115
- catalogued products
- #2,845
- usage rank of 247,206
- 79
- named brands represented
- 44%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
52.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify High Fructose as the trigger. Open records such as 8 sub buns; 8" double layer lemon cake; Animal Crackers and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 86.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 44% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 105 of 113 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
High Fructose sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,845 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,845
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 115 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 44%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 115 products listing it (mean slot 11.1). High Fructose 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.
What else is usually in the same product as High Fructose
Across the 115 products on this site that list High Fructose, 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 3.2x more often with High Fructose than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of High Fructose products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 21 | 18.3% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 12 | 10.4% | 4.8% |
| Carrageenan | 11 | 9.6% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 11 | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 8 | 7% | 3.4% |
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 High Fructose
Products Containing High Fructose
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 115 indexed products containing High Fructose:
High Fructose vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for High Fructose: 115 listings averaging 86.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural And Artificial Flavorings; Bamboo Fiber; Beef Hearts.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the High Fructose evidence
Start from High Fructose's 115 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for High Fructose and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare High Fructose with a peer such as “Natural And Artificial Flavorings” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about High Fructose
How should I read safety signals when High Fructose sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming High Fructose is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with High Fructose? ▼
High Fructose ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,845 of 247,206), appearing in 115 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is High Fructose so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet High Fructose appears in 115 products (#2,845 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (High Fructose). 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.