L-glutamic Acid
L-glutamic Acid carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 18 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
L-glutamic Acid appears in 18 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 18
- catalogued products
- #10,099
- usage rank of 247,206
- 8
- 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.
High-volume listing for L-glutamic Acid - usage rank #10,099
- Usage rank
- #10,099
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 399 others that also appear in exactly 18 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Averaged label depth puts L-glutamic Acid in the lower half of the list (65% of list length, mean slot 38.1). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
72.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify L-glutamic Acid as the trigger. Open records such as Garlic Spread and seasoning; Gummy choco; HYDROPRO Advanced Hydrolyzed-Isolate Whey Protein Formula and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 78.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 65% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
72.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 18 of 18 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.
Function
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
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-glutamic Acid
Products Containing L-glutamic Acid
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 18 indexed products containing L-glutamic Acid:
L-glutamic Acid vs other top-decile catalog footprints
L-glutamic Acid sits among other busy catalog rows (18 products, mean score 78.3/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the L-glutamic Acid evidence
Use the 18-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 L-glutamic Acid 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
- 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 L-glutamic Acid
How should I read safety signals when L-glutamic Acid sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
72.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming L-glutamic Acid is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, L-glutamic Acid scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with L-glutamic Acid? ▼
L-glutamic Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,099 of 247,206), appearing in 18 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does L-glutamic Acid serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
L-glutamic Acid is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant, nutrient supplement, ph control agent in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (L-glutamic 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.