Neotame
Neotame carries a source-backed screening score of 5/5 and appears in 210 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Safe.”
Source-backed answer
Neotame appears in 210 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Safe.” Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 210
- catalogued products
- #1,887
- usage rank of 247,206
- 46
- named brands represented
- 85%
- 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.
Neotame sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,887 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,887
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 7 others that also appear in exactly 210 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 85%
- Mean relative depth 85% across 210 parsed labels, slot 15.5 on average. Neotame tends to sit near the end 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
96.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Neotame as the trigger. Open records such as Arctic Grape Ice Cubes Bag; Artificially flavored beverage; Beyond Breath and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 53.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 85% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
96.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 210 of 210 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Neotame
Across the 210 products on this site that list Neotame, 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. Acesulfame Potassium shows up about 38.3x more often with Neotame than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Neotame products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acesulfame Potassium | 145 | 69% | 1.8% |
| Sucralose | 137 | 65.2% | 2.7% |
| Aspartame | 60 | 28.6% | 0.9% |
| BHT | 49 | 23.3% | 1.1% |
| Red 40 | 42 | 20% | 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.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
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 Neotame
Products Containing Neotame
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 210 indexed products containing Neotame:
Neotame vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Neotame: 210 listings averaging 53/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Durum Wheat · Hass Avocado · Palm And Soybean Oils.
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.
Next steps from the Neotame page
Start from Neotame's 210 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Neotame before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Neotame
How should I read safety signals when Neotame sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
96.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Neotame is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Neotame scores 5/5 on this site's screening scale and CSPI lists it as "Safe" with FDA SAFFA status "Approved". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Neotame? ▼
Neotame ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,887 of 247,206), appearing in 210 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Neotame serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Neotame is recorded as a flavor enhancer, non-nutritive sweetener in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Neotame). 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.