Potas
Potas appears in 85 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
Potas appears in 85 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.
- 85
- catalogued products
- #3,525
- usage rank of 247,206
- 46
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 19 of 85 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Almond meal muffin; Bacon Beef Patties; Basil Pesto to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Potas itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
19 of 85 linked records have some flagged component
All 60 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.
Potas sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,525 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,525
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 27 others that also appear in exactly 85 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 57%
- Mean relative depth 57% across 85 parsed labels, slot 19.4 on average. Potas tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 else is usually in the same product as Potas
Across the 85 products on this site that list Potas, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potas products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 7.1% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 5 | 5.9% | 5.4% |
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 Potas
Products Containing Potas
16 busy labels from the 85 indexed products that list Potas:
Potas vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Potas: 85 listings averaging 92.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Aged Cayenne Pepper; Carotenes; Organic Carrot Concentrate.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Potas evidence
85 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Potas are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Potas and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. 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
Does Potas carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Potas. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potas? ▼
Potas ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,525 of 247,206), appearing in 85 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Potas so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Potas appears in 85 products (#3,525 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potas). 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.