Monosodium Gutamate
Monosodium Gutamate appears in 4 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
Monosodium Gutamate appears in 4 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.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 50%
- 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.
Monosodium Gutamate: above-median product count (beats 88.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #28,812
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 50%
- Mean relative depth 50% across 4 parsed labels, slot 6.0 on average. Monosodium Gutamate tends to sit in the upper half of the 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.
Reading this ingredient record
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Monosodium Gutamate reaches 4 named brands, most often appears under Meals, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Lee Kum Kee Chicken Bouillon Powder; Pork Cracklin Strips; Simple Suppers Jambalaya Fixins'. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (3 of 4), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 4 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 Monosodium Gutamate
Products Containing Monosodium Gutamate
Every indexed product currently listing Monosodium Gutamate (4 total):
Parallel catalog profiles to Monosodium Gutamate
Monosodium Gutamate comparison set — 4 products, mean 100/100.
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 Monosodium Gutamate record
Use the 4-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Monosodium Gutamate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Monosodium Gutamate
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Monosodium Gutamate? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Monosodium Gutamate, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#28,812 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Where does Monosodium Gutamate show up across the catalog? ▼
Monosodium Gutamate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 4 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Monosodium Gutamate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Monosodium Gutamate. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Monosodium Gutamate). 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.