Marshmallow
Marshmallow appears in 205 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
Marshmallow appears in 205 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.
- 205
- catalogued products
- #1,919
- usage rank of 247,206
- 62
- named brands represented
- 22%
- 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
52.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Marshmallow as the trigger. Open records such as 5-in-1 Wonder Spray; Ahold, chocolate dipped marshmallows, peppermint; Angela Marie's, Marshmallow Munchie, Gluten Free Crispy Marshmallow Squares, Original and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 76.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 22% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 202 of 203 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.
Marshmallow: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,919 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,919
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6 others that also appear in exactly 205 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 22%
- Mean relative depth 22% across 205 parsed labels, slot 8.2 on average. Marshmallow tends to sit near the top of the captured 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 Marshmallow
Across the 205 products on this site that list Marshmallow, 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. TBHQ shows up about 40x more often with Marshmallow than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Marshmallow products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBHQ | 41 | 20% | 0.5% |
| Blue 1 | 39 | 19% | 4.2% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 36 | 17.6% | 2.1% |
| Yellow 5 | 31 | 15.1% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 30 | 14.6% | 5.4% |
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 Marshmallow
Products Containing Marshmallow
High-volume slice (16 of 205) for products naming Marshmallow:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Apricot”)
High-volume peers for Marshmallow: 205 products, mean screening score 76.1/100. Nearest count peers include “Apricot”, “Citric Acid Preservative”, “Guava”. 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.
What to do with this Marshmallow record
Start from Marshmallow's 205 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Marshmallow and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Marshmallow with a peer such as “Apricot” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Marshmallow — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Marshmallow sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Marshmallow is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Marshmallow? ▼
Marshmallow ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,919 of 247,206), appearing in 205 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Marshmallow so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Marshmallow appears in 205 products (#1,919 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Marshmallow). 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.