Niacin
Niacin carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 53,405 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Niacin appears in 53,405 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 53,405
- catalogued products
- #8
- usage rank of 248,027
- 5,880
- named brands represented
- 20%
- 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.
3/5 from FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine
Where Niacin sits among catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #8
- of 248,027 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 20%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 53,412 products listing it (mean slot 6.8). Niacin usually falls near the top of the captured 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. 248,027 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 17050 of 53405 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1 donut; 1 Oz Whole Grain Fish Stx; 1-2-3 gluten free, southern glory, biscuits baking mix to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Niacin itself. The ingredient most often sits near the top of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
All 52288 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Niacin
Across the 53,405 products on this site that list Niacin, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 1.9x more often with Niacin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Niacin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 5,806 | 10.9% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 4,058 | 7.6% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 3,994 | 7.5% | 4.8% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 3,734 | 7% | 1.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 3,356 | 6.3% | 3.4% |
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, 2026-08-02.
Function
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Source | Classification | Year |
|---|---|---|
| FDA SAFFA | GRAS | 2024 |
| CSPI Chemical Cuisine | Not rated | 2024 |
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 3/5 | 2026 |
| Product footprint | 53,405 products | OpenFoodFacts |
FDA SAFFA database, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, OpenFoodFacts product index. See methodology.
Products Containing Niacin
A sample of 16 of the 53,405 indexed products containing Niacin, with each product's overall safety score.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Niacin safe to eat? ▼
Niacin has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: GRAS. These labels are not a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific safety determination.
What products contain Niacin? ▼
Niacin is found in 53,405 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.
What does Niacin do in food? ▼
Niacin is used as a nutrient supplement in food products.
Citation notes
Regulatory status from FDA SAFFA; safety ratings from CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence from Open Food Facts. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Ingredient figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
