Potassium Hydroxide
Potassium Hydroxide carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 392 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Potassium Hydroxide appears in 392 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. 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.
- 392
- catalogued products
- #1,219
- usage rank of 247,206
- 88
- named brands represented
- 64%
- 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 Potassium Hydroxide - usage rank #1,219
- Usage rank
- #1,219
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 392 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 64%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 392 products listing it (mean slot 28.2). Potassium Hydroxide 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
55.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Potassium Hydroxide as the trigger. Open records such as 360 Total Care Infant Formula; 4 Cherry Bakewell Tarts; 4 Milk Chocolate Shakes and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 89.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 64% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 361 of 382 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Potassium Hydroxide
Across the 392 products on this site that list Potassium Hydroxide, 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 9.8x more often with Potassium Hydroxide than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potassium Hydroxide products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 173 | 44.1% | 4.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 75 | 19.1% | 1.8% |
| Sucralose | 54 | 13.8% | 2.7% |
| Red 3 | 34 | 8.7% | 1.1% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 14 | 3.6% | 1.3% |
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
FORMULATION AID, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
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 Potassium Hydroxide
Products Containing Potassium Hydroxide
High-volume slice (16 of 392) for products naming Potassium Hydroxide:
Potassium Hydroxide vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Potassium Hydroxide sits among other busy catalog rows (392 products, mean score 89.2/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Green Chile Peppers; Sesame Seed Oil; Sorbic Acid As A Preservative. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
What to do with this Potassium Hydroxide record
392 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Potassium Hydroxide are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Potassium Hydroxide to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Potassium Hydroxide with a peer such as “Green Chile Peppers” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. 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 Potassium Hydroxide sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Potassium Hydroxide is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Potassium Hydroxide scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potassium Hydroxide? ▼
Potassium Hydroxide ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,219 of 247,206), appearing in 392 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Potassium Hydroxide serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Potassium Hydroxide is recorded as a formulation aid, fumigant, ph control agent, processing aid, stabilizer or thickener, washing or surface removal agent in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potassium Hydroxide). 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.