Po
Po 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
Po 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
- 16
- named brands represented
- 99%
- 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 Po - usage rank #10,499
- 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
- 99%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 17 products listing it (mean slot 17.2). Po usually falls near the end of the captured 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
Use prevalence before concern
Only 17.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Po spans 16 named brands and is led by the Undefined group. Start with 3 Meat Supreme Pizza With Pepperoni, Chicken; Breakfast Bread; Cookie Avalanche when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
16 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 12 of 15 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Po
Products Containing Po
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 17 indexed products containing Po:
Po vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Po: 17 listings averaging 97.9/100.
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 Po page
Start from Po's 17 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Po before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Po
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Po? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Po, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#10,499 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Po? ▼
Po ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,499 of 247,206), appearing in 17 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Po so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Po appears in 17 products (#10,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Po). 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.