Phosphate Acid
Phosphate Acid appears in 13 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
Phosphate Acid appears in 13 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.
- 13
- catalogued products
- #12,640
- usage rank of 247,206
- 9
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Phosphate Acid as the trigger. Open records such as Buttermilk Ranch Dressing; Corn Tortillas; Corn Tortillas and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 65% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 12 of 13 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.
Phosphate Acid sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#12,640 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #12,640
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 716 others that also appear in exactly 13 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 13 products listing it (mean slot 7.2). Phosphate Acid 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.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 13 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 Phosphate Acid
Products Containing Phosphate Acid
A sample of 13 high-volume listings among the 13 indexed products containing Phosphate Acid:
High-volume peers for Phosphate Acid
High-volume peers for Phosphate Acid: 13 products, mean screening score 81.9/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Phosphate Acid evidence
Start from Phosphate Acid's 13 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Phosphate Acid to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Phosphate Acid sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Phosphate Acid is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Phosphate Acid? ▼
Phosphate Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#12,640 of 247,206), appearing in 13 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Phosphate Acid so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Phosphate Acid appears in 13 products (#12,640 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Phosphate Acid). 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.