Or Less Of Citric Acid
Or Less Of Citric Acid appears in 247 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
Or Less Of Citric Acid appears in 247 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.
- 247
- catalogued products
- #1,697
- usage rank of 247,206
- 40
- named brands represented
- 46%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
84.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Or Less Of Citric Acid as the trigger. Open records such as 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders; Applewood smoked cheddar wavy potato crisps, applewood smoked cheddar; Assorted fruit flavored snacks and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 49.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 46% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
84.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 244 of 246 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 Or Less Of Citric Acid - usage rank #1,697
- Usage rank
- #1,697
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 247 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 46%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 247 products listing it (mean slot 8.4). Or Less Of Citric Acid 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.
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 Or Less Of Citric Acid
Across the 247 products on this site that list Or Less Of Citric Acid, 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. Red 40 shows up about 13.2x more often with Or Less Of Citric Acid than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Or Less Of Citric Acid products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 176 | 71.3% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 157 | 63.6% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 120 | 48.6% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 24 | 9.7% | 3.4% |
| Sucralose | 17 | 6.9% | 2.7% |
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 Or Less Of Citric Acid
Products Containing Or Less Of Citric Acid
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 247 indexed products containing Or Less Of Citric Acid:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Bicarbonate Of Soda”)
Top-decile company for Or Less Of Citric Acid: 247 listings averaging 49.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Bicarbonate Of Soda; Gum Tragacanth; Or Less Of Water.
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 Or Less Of Citric Acid evidence
Start from Or Less Of Citric Acid's 247 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Or Less Of Citric Acid to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Or Less Of Citric Acid sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
84.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Or Less Of Citric Acid is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Or Less Of Citric Acid? ▼
Or Less Of Citric Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,697 of 247,206), appearing in 247 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Or Less Of Citric Acid so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Or Less Of Citric Acid appears in 247 products (#1,697 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Or Less Of Citric 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.