Ma
Ma appears in 26 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
Ma appears in 26 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.
- 26
- catalogued products
- #7,791
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- named brands represented
- 85%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 9 of 26 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Chicken Tender Filet; Chocolate Chips Cookie Dough; Creamy bacon cheddar macaroni and cheese dinner to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 55–100 score range to Ma itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Undefined supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
9 of 26 linked records have some flagged component
All 22 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 55–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Ma: top-decile catalog footprint (#7,791 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,791
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 209 others that also appear in exactly 26 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 85%
- Mean relative depth 85% across 26 parsed labels, slot 15.3 on average. Ma tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
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 Ma
Products Containing Ma
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 26 indexed products containing Ma:
Ma vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Ma: 26 listings averaging 93.3/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Ma evidence
26 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ma are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Ma 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. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Ma
Does Ma carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Ma. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Ma? ▼
Ma ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,791 of 247,206), appearing in 26 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Ma so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Ma appears in 26 products (#7,791 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ma). 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.