Maple Sugar
Maple Sugar appears in 763 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
Maple Sugar appears in 763 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.
- 763
- catalogued products
- #790
- usage rank of 247,206
- 243
- named brands represented
- 55%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 198 of 763 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1868 Organic Grilling Smoked Maple Rub; 1868 Organic Grilling Spiced Maple Marinade; 2 Higg's, Potato Chips, Chicken & Waffles to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Maple Sugar 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.
198 of 763 linked records have some flagged component
All 741 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.
Maple Sugar: top-decile catalog footprint (#790 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #790
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 763 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 55%
- Averaged label depth puts Maple Sugar in the lower half of the list (55% of list length, mean slot 14.2). 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 Maple Sugar
Across the 763 products on this site that list Maple Sugar, 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 3.3x more often with Maple Sugar than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Maple Sugar products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 144 | 18.9% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 71 | 9.3% | 5.4% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 50 | 6.6% | 2.4% |
| Blue 1 | 31 | 4.1% | 4.2% |
| Carrageenan | 26 | 3.4% | 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 Maple Sugar
Products Containing Maple Sugar
High-volume slice (16 of 763) for products naming Maple Sugar:
Maple Sugar vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Maple Sugar sits among other busy catalog rows (763 products, mean score 92.3/100). Nearest count peers include “Cultured Wheat Starch”, “Vegetable Oil Shortening”, “White Wine Vinegar”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Next steps from the Maple Sugar page
Start from Maple Sugar's 763 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Maple Sugar before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Maple Sugar next to “Vegetable Oil Shortening” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Maple Sugar 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 Maple Sugar. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Maple Sugar? ▼
Maple Sugar ranks in the top decile by product count (#790 of 247,206), appearing in 763 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Maple Sugar so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Maple Sugar appears in 763 products (#790 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Maple Sugar). 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.