Msc Certified
Msc Certified appears in 43 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
Msc Certified appears in 43 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.
- 43
- catalogued products
- #5,507
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 27%
- 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: 21 of 43 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Chunk Style Deluxe Imitation Crab; Crab Classic Imitation Crab; Crab Classic Imitation Crab Chunk Style to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 95–100 score range to Msc Certified itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
21 of 43 linked records have some flagged component
All 43 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 95–100 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.
Msc Certified sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#5,507 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,507
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 95 others that also appear in exactly 43 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 27%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 43 products listing it (mean slot 15.0). Msc Certified usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Msc Certified
Across the 43 products on this site that list Msc Certified, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 6.2x more often with Msc Certified than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Msc Certified products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 12 | 27.9% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 9 | 20.9% | 5.7% |
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 Msc Certified
Products Containing Msc Certified
High-volume slice (16 of 43) for products naming Msc Certified:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Msc Certified: 43 products, mean screening score 97.6/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Msc Certified page
Start from Msc Certified's 43 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Msc Certified to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Msc Certified 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 Msc Certified. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Msc Certified? ▼
Msc Certified ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,507 of 247,206), appearing in 43 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Msc Certified so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Msc Certified appears in 43 products (#5,507 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Msc Certified). 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.