Pectin
Pectin carries a source-backed screening score of 5/5 and appears in 11,247 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Safe.”
Source-backed answer
Pectin appears in 11,247 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Safe.” 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.
- 11,247
- catalogued products
- #102
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2,084
- named brands represented
- 57%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Pectin - usage rank #102
- Usage rank
- #102
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 57%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 11,248 products listing it (mean slot 11.2). Pectin 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.
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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 3773 of 11247 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 0% Fat Greek Nonfat Yogurt; 0% Nonfat Greek Yogurt With Fruit; 1% lowfat yogurt to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Pectin itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Dairies supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
3773 of 11,247 linked records have some flagged component
All 11247 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 Pectin
Across the 11,247 products on this site that list Pectin, 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 2.9x more often with Pectin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Pectin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 1,459 | 13% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 1,307 | 11.6% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 932 | 8.3% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 929 | 8.3% | 4.8% |
| Sucralose | 665 | 5.9% | 2.7% |
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
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
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 Pectin
Products Containing Pectin
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 11,247 indexed products containing Pectin:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Malic Acid”)
Top-decile company for Pectin: 11,247 listings averaging 88.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Malic Acid; Filtered Water; Turmeric.
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.
Using the Pectin evidence
Start from Pectin's 11,247 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Pectin before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- 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.
Pectin — common follow-ups
Does Pectin carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Pectin itself carries a CSPI "Safe" rating and FDA SAFFA status "GRAS" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Pectin? ▼
Pectin ranks in the top decile by product count (#102 of 247,206), appearing in 11,247 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Pectin do in food? ▼
Pectin is recorded as a emulsifier or emulsifier salt, firming agent, flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, solvent or vehicle, stabilizer or thickener, texturizer in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pectin). 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.