Malted Barley Extract
Malted Barley Extract appears in 406 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
Malted Barley Extract appears in 406 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.
- 406
- catalogued products
- #1,183
- usage rank of 247,206
- 123
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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: 140 of 406 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 365 everyday value, cracked wheat crackers; 365 everyday value, meatless meatballs; Ahold, cheddar penguins baked snack crackers to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Malted Barley Extract itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
140 of 406 linked records have some flagged component
All 393 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
Malted Barley Extract sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,183 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,183
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 406 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Averaged label depth puts Malted Barley Extract in the lower half of the list (59% of list length, mean slot 18.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Malted Barley Extract
Across the 406 products on this site that list Malted Barley Extract, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 3.5x more often with Malted Barley Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Malted Barley Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 82 | 20.2% | 5.7% |
| BHT | 47 | 11.6% | 1.1% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 28 | 6.9% | 2.4% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 21 | 5.2% | 1.4% |
| Carrageenan | 19 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
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 Malted Barley Extract
Products Containing Malted Barley Extract
High-volume slice (16 of 406) for products naming Malted Barley Extract:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Beans”)
Top-decile company for Malted Barley Extract: 406 listings averaging 90.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Beans; Green Cabbage; Chia Seed.
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.
What to do with this Malted Barley Extract record
406 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Malted Barley Extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Malted Barley Extract before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Malted Barley Extract next to “Green Cabbage” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Malted Barley Extract 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 Malted Barley Extract. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Malted Barley Extract? ▼
Malted Barley Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,183 of 247,206), appearing in 406 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Malted Barley Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Malted Barley Extract appears in 406 products (#1,183 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Malted Barley Extract). 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.