Magnesium Phosphate
Magnesium Phosphate appears in 912 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
Magnesium Phosphate appears in 912 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.
- 912
- catalogued products
- #711
- usage rank of 247,206
- 128
- named brands represented
- 45%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
74% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Magnesium Phosphate as the trigger. Open records such as 100 calories protein nutrition shake; 3-2-1 Plan Shakes; 30g Protein Nutritional Shake Dulce de Leche and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 45% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
74% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 908 of 910 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.
Magnesium Phosphate: top-decile catalog footprint (#711 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #711
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 45%
- Mean relative depth 45% across 912 parsed labels, slot 18.0 on average. Magnesium Phosphate tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Magnesium Phosphate
Across the 912 products on this site that list Magnesium Phosphate, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 14x more often with Magnesium Phosphate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Magnesium Phosphate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 573 | 62.8% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 388 | 42.5% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 331 | 36.3% | 1.8% |
| Red 3 | 59 | 6.5% | 1.1% |
| Monk fruit extract | 22 | 2.4% | 0.5% |
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 Magnesium Phosphate
Products Containing Magnesium Phosphate
16 busy labels from the 912 indexed products that list Magnesium Phosphate:
High-volume peers for Magnesium Phosphate beside “Lemon Juice From Concentrate”
Top-decile company for Magnesium Phosphate: 912 listings averaging 82.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Lemon Juice From Concentrate; Xylitol; Cultured Skim Milk.
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.
Next steps from the Magnesium Phosphate page
Start from Magnesium Phosphate's 912 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Magnesium Phosphate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Magnesium Phosphate with a peer such as “Lemon Juice From Concentrate” 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Magnesium Phosphate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Magnesium Phosphate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
74% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Magnesium Phosphate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Magnesium Phosphate? ▼
Magnesium Phosphate ranks in the top decile by product count (#711 of 247,206), appearing in 912 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Magnesium Phosphate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Magnesium Phosphate appears in 912 products (#711 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Magnesium Phosphate). 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.