Lt
Lt appears in 243 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
Lt appears in 243 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.
- 243
- catalogued products
- #1,713
- usage rank of 247,206
- 88
- named brands represented
- 48%
- 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.
Lt sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,713 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,713
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 243 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 48%
- Mean relative depth 48% across 243 parsed labels, slot 8.2 on average. Lt tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 18.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Lt spans 88 named brands and is led by the Baby foods group. Start with 1,000mg Vitamin C Pink Lemonade; 100% Pure Avocado Oil; 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 92.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
88 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 162 of 207 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Lt
Across the 243 products on this site that list Lt, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Lt products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 14 | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 13 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 6 | 11 | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 10 | 4.1% | 2.1% |
| Sucralose | 7 | 2.9% | 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 Lt
Products Containing Lt
16 busy labels from the 243 indexed products that list Lt:
Lt vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Lt: 243 products, mean screening score 92.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Beef Base · Colby Cheese · Pasteurized Goat Milk. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Lt record
243 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Lt are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Lt to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Lt with a peer such as “Beef Base” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Lt — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Lt? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Lt, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,713 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Lt? ▼
Lt ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,713 of 247,206), appearing in 243 indexed products led by Baby foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Lt so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Lt appears in 243 products (#1,713 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lt). 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.