L-carnitine Tartrate

L-carnitine Tartrate appears in 37 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

L-carnitine Tartrate appears in 37 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.

37
catalogued products
#6,126
usage rank of 247,206
18
named brands represented
40%
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

Audit the co-occurring flags first

81.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify L-carnitine Tartrate as the trigger. Open records such as Blue Raspberry; Citrus Mist; Cosmic Stardust Energy and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 77.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 40% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

81.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 36 of 36 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-volume listing for L-carnitine Tartrate - usage rank #6,126

Usage rank
#6,126
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 98 others that also appear in exactly 37 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
40%
Averaged label depth puts L-carnitine Tartrate in the upper half of the list (40% of list length, mean slot 11.2). 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 else is usually in the same product as L-carnitine Tartrate

Across the 37 products on this site that list L-carnitine Tartrate, 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. Sucralose shows up about 30x more often with L-carnitine Tartrate than in the catalogue at large.

Additive Shared products Share of L-carnitine Tartrate products Share of all products
Sucralose 30 81.1% 2.7%
Acesulfame Potassium 21 56.8% 1.8%

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 L-carnitine Tartrate

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 406080100120 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing L-carnitine Tartrate
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for L-carnitine Tartrate

Top-decile company for L-carnitine Tartrate: 37 listings averaging 77.3/100.

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 L-carnitine Tartrate record

37 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on L-carnitine Tartrate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for L-carnitine Tartrate and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read safety signals when L-carnitine Tartrate sits in heavily flagged products?

81.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming L-carnitine Tartrate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with L-carnitine Tartrate?

L-carnitine Tartrate ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,126 of 247,206), appearing in 37 indexed products led by Beverages and beverages preparations. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is L-carnitine Tartrate so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet L-carnitine Tartrate appears in 37 products (#6,126 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (L-carnitine Tartrate). 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.