Niacinamide
Niacinamide carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 10,908 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Niacinamide appears in 10,908 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.
- 10,908
- catalogued products
- #107
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1,169
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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.
Niacinamide sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#107 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #107
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 10,908 products listing it (mean slot 20.2). Niacinamide usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
51.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Niacinamide as the trigger. Open records such as 0016500579793; 1/2 Cheese Pizza & 1/2 Pepperoni Pizza; 100 Calorie Quick Cooking Oatmeal Cinnamon Roll and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 61% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 10039 of 10802 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 Niacinamide
Across the 10,908 products on this site that list Niacinamide, 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. Sucralose shows up about 7x more often with Niacinamide than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Niacinamide products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 2,054 | 18.8% | 2.7% |
| Red 40 | 1,532 | 14% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 1,413 | 13% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 1,218 | 11.2% | 4.2% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 1,126 | 10.3% | 1.8% |
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, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
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 Niacinamide
Products Containing Niacinamide
High-volume slice (16 of 10,908) for products naming Niacinamide:
High-volume peers for Niacinamide beside “Sucralose”
Top-decile company for Niacinamide: 10,908 listings averaging 82.3/100. Nearest count peers include “Sucralose”, “Calcium Chloride”, “Vanilla Extract”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Niacinamide record
10,908 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Niacinamide are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Niacinamide to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Niacinamide next to “Calcium Chloride” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Niacinamide
How should I read safety signals when Niacinamide sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Niacinamide is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Niacinamide scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Niacinamide? ▼
Niacinamide ranks in the top decile by product count (#107 of 247,206), appearing in 10,908 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Niacinamide serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Niacinamide is recorded as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, nutrient supplement 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 (Niacinamide). 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.