Niacin B3
Niacin B3 appears in 18 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
Niacin B3 appears in 18 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.
- 18
- catalogued products
- #10,099
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 6%
- 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.
Niacin B3 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#10,099 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #10,099
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 399 others that also appear in exactly 18 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 6%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 18 products listing it (mean slot 2.2). Niacin B3 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.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 5.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Niacin B3 spans 3 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Bagels; Double decker chocolate flavor; Marshmallow Sandwich when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 95.0/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
3 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 18 of 18 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Niacin B3
Products Containing Niacin B3
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 18 indexed products containing Niacin B3:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Niacin B3: 18 listings averaging 95/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Niacin B3 evidence
Start from Niacin B3's 18 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Niacin B3 and read how the term sits on real packages. 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Niacin B3 — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Niacin B3? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Niacin B3, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#10,099 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Niacin B3? ▼
Niacin B3 ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,099 of 247,206), appearing in 18 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Niacin B3 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Niacin B3 appears in 18 products (#10,099 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Niacin B3). 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.