Phosphoric
Phosphoric appears in 17 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
Phosphoric appears in 17 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.
- 17
- catalogued products
- #10,499
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 53%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
58.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Phosphoric as the trigger. Open records such as Carolina Churned Ice Cream, Caroline's Coffee & Caramel; Cottage Cheese; Gelato and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 53% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
58.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 17 of 17 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.
Phosphoric sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#10,499 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #10,499
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 444 others that also appear in exactly 17 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 53%
- Averaged label depth puts Phosphoric in the lower half of the list (53% of list length, mean slot 16.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 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 Phosphoric
Products Containing Phosphoric
High-volume slice (16 of 17) for products naming Phosphoric:
Phosphoric vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Phosphoric: 17 listings averaging 87.1/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Phosphoric evidence
Use the 17-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Phosphoric before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Phosphoric — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Phosphoric sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
58.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Phosphoric is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Phosphoric? ▼
Phosphoric ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,499 of 247,206), appearing in 17 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Phosphoric so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Phosphoric appears in 17 products (#10,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Phosphoric). 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.