Naturally Derived Citric Acid
Naturally Derived Citric Acid appears in 385 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
Naturally Derived Citric Acid appears in 385 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.
- 385
- catalogued products
- #1,234
- usage rank of 247,206
- 85
- named brands represented
- 74%
- 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.
Naturally Derived Citric Acid sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,234 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,234
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 385 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 385 products listing it (mean slot 10.9). Naturally Derived Citric Acid 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.
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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 7.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Naturally Derived Citric Acid spans 85 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 100% Tomato Juice; 100% Tomato Juice; 100% Vegetable Juice when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
85 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 179 of 365 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 Naturally Derived Citric Acid
Across the 385 products on this site that list Naturally Derived 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Naturally Derived Citric Acid products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 16 | 4.2% | 5.7% |
| BHA | 10 | 2.6% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 10 | 2.6% | 1.1% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 7 | 1.8% | 2.4% |
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 Naturally Derived Citric Acid
Products Containing Naturally Derived Citric Acid
High-volume slice (16 of 385) for products naming Naturally Derived Citric Acid:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acidulant”)
High-volume peers for Naturally Derived Citric Acid: 385 products, mean screening score 98.6/100. Nearest count peers include “Acidulant”, “Ascorbic Acid Added As A Dough Conditioner”, “Reduced Mineral Whey Powder”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Naturally Derived Citric Acid evidence
385 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Naturally Derived Citric Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Naturally Derived Citric Acid before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Naturally Derived Citric Acid with a peer such as “Acidulant” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Naturally Derived Citric Acid? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Naturally Derived Citric Acid, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,234 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Naturally Derived Citric Acid? ▼
Naturally Derived Citric Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,234 of 247,206), appearing in 385 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Naturally Derived Citric Acid so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Naturally Derived Citric Acid appears in 385 products (#1,234 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Naturally Derived 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.