Iron Source
Iron Source appears in 35 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
Iron Source appears in 35 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.
- 35
- catalogued products
- #6,340
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- named brands represented
- 49%
- 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: 7 of 35 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Apple Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal; BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS; CooTemS! Space Crackers Maple! to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 85–100 score range to Iron Source itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Undefined supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
7 of 35 linked records have some flagged component
All 34 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 85–100 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 Iron Source - usage rank #6,340
- Usage rank
- #6,340
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 111 others that also appear in exactly 35 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 49%
- Mean relative depth 49% across 35 parsed labels, slot 13.5 on average. Iron Source tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
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 Iron Source
Products Containing Iron Source
High-volume slice (16 of 35) for products naming Iron Source:
Iron Source vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Iron Source: 35 products, mean screening score 98.6/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Iron Source evidence
Use the 35-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 Iron Source to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Iron Source — common follow-ups
Does Iron Source 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 Iron Source. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Iron Source? ▼
Iron Source ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,340 of 247,206), appearing in 35 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Iron Source so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Iron Source appears in 35 products (#6,340 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Iron Source). 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.