Leavener

Leavener appears in 21 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

Leavener appears in 21 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.

21
catalogued products
#9,037
usage rank of 247,206
8
named brands represented
72%
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 Leavener - usage rank #9,037

Usage rank
#9,037
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 333 others that also appear in exactly 21 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
72%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 21 products listing it (mean slot 14.9). Leavener 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

Use prevalence before concern

Only 14.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Leavener spans 8 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Biscuits; Gluent Free All-Purpose Biscuit and Baking Mix; Lunchables when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 92.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

8 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 21 of 21 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.

Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.

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 Leavener

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 20406080100120 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Leavener
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.

Leavener vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Leavener: 21 listings averaging 92.6/100.

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 Leavener record

Use the 21-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

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

Questions readers ask about Leavener

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Leavener?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Leavener, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#9,037 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Leavener?

Leavener ranks in the top decile by product count (#9,037 of 247,206), appearing in 21 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Leavener so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Leavener appears in 21 products (#9,037 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Leavener). 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.