Pacific Whiting
Pacific Whiting appears in 144 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
Pacific Whiting appears in 144 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.
- 144
- catalogued products
- #2,417
- usage rank of 247,206
- 41
- named brands represented
- 24%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Pacific Whiting as the trigger. Open records such as Atlantic Salmon Pinwheel; Blue Crab Spread; Cajun Seafood Salad and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 92.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 24% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 141 of 142 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.
High-volume listing for Pacific Whiting - usage rank #2,417
- Usage rank
- #2,417
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 144 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 24%
- Mean relative depth 24% across 144 parsed labels, slot 13.0 on average. Pacific Whiting tends to sit near the top 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 else is usually in the same product as Pacific Whiting
Across the 144 products on this site that list Pacific Whiting, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 7.2x more often with Pacific Whiting than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Pacific Whiting products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 47 | 32.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 33 | 22.9% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 17 | 11.8% | 2.1% |
| Blue 1 | 7 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 4.2% | 4.8% |
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.
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 Pacific Whiting
Products Containing Pacific Whiting
16 busy labels from the 144 indexed products that list Pacific Whiting:
High-volume peers for Pacific Whiting beside “Cajun Seasoning”
Top-decile company for Pacific Whiting: 144 listings averaging 92.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cajun Seasoning; Cholesterol; From Chicory Root.
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.
Next steps from the Pacific Whiting page
144 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Pacific Whiting are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Pacific Whiting before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Pacific Whiting — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Pacific Whiting sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Pacific Whiting is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Pacific Whiting? ▼
Pacific Whiting ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,417 of 247,206), appearing in 144 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Pacific Whiting so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pacific Whiting appears in 144 products (#2,417 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pacific Whiting). 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.