Niacina
Niacina appears in 105 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
Niacina appears in 105 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.
- 105
- catalogued products
- #3,033
- usage rank of 247,206
- 43
- named brands represented
- 47%
- 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: 32 of 105 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare after+; Arroz medium grain; Butterbread to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Niacina itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
32 of 105 linked records have some flagged component
All 84 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.
High-volume listing for Niacina - usage rank #3,033
- Usage rank
- #3,033
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 18 others that also appear in exactly 105 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 47%
- Mean relative depth 47% across 105 parsed labels, slot 20.1 on average. Niacina tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Niacina
Across the 105 products on this site that list Niacina, 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. Red 40 shows up about 3x more often with Niacina than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Niacina products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 17 | 16.2% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 15 | 14.3% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 6 | 11 | 10.5% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | 9.5% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 9 | 8.6% | 4.2% |
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 Niacina
Products Containing Niacina
High-volume slice (16 of 105) for products naming Niacina:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Active Yogurt Cultures”)
High-volume peers for Niacina: 105 products, mean screening score 85.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Active Yogurt Cultures · Alpha Tocopherol · As Cholecalciferol. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
What to do with this Niacina record
Start from Niacina's 105 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Niacina and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Place Niacina next to “Alpha Tocopherol” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Niacina 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 Niacina. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Niacina? ▼
Niacina ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,033 of 247,206), appearing in 105 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Niacina so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Niacina appears in 105 products (#3,033 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Niacina). 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.