Micronized Taurine
Micronized Taurine appears in 12 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
Micronized Taurine appears in 12 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.
- 12
- catalogued products
- #13,357
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 14%
- 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
91.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Micronized Taurine as the trigger. Open records such as Amino energy; AMINO. ENERGY Whacky Watermelon Flavor; ESSENTIAL AMIN.O. ENERGY and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 69.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 14% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
91.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 12 of 12 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.
Micronized Taurine sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#13,357 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #13,357
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 832 others that also appear in exactly 12 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 14%
- Mean relative depth 14% across 12 parsed labels, slot 3.8 on average. Micronized Taurine tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 12 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 Micronized Taurine
Products Containing Micronized Taurine
High-volume slice (12 of 12) for products naming Micronized Taurine:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Micronized Taurine: 12 listings averaging 69.6/100.
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 Micronized Taurine record
Use the 12-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Micronized Taurine before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Micronized Taurine — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Micronized Taurine sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
91.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Micronized Taurine is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Micronized Taurine? ▼
Micronized Taurine ranks in the top decile by product count (#13,357 of 247,206), appearing in 12 indexed products led by Beverages and beverages preparations. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Micronized Taurine so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Micronized Taurine appears in 12 products (#13,357 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Micronized Taurine). 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.