Potassium Iodide
Potassium Iodide carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 1,565 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Potassium Iodide appears in 1,565 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.
- 1,565
- catalogued products
- #498
- usage rank of 247,206
- 283
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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 Iodide - usage rank #498
- Usage rank
- #498
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Mean relative depth 78% across 1,565 parsed labels, slot 34.9 on average. Potassium Iodide tends to sit near the end of the captured 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
57.4% 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 Iodide as the trigger. Open records such as 0016500579793; 100 calories protein nutrition shake; 100% Pure Whey With Grass Fed Whey Isolates Vanilla Cream Slice Flavour and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 85.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 78% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
57.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1539 of 1560 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 Iodide
Across the 1,565 products on this site that list Potassium Iodide, 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 9.6x more often with Potassium Iodide than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potassium Iodide products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 679 | 43.4% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 496 | 31.7% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 382 | 24.4% | 1.8% |
| Red 3 | 62 | 4% | 1.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 56 | 3.6% | 5.7% |
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
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
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 Iodide
Products Containing Potassium Iodide
16 busy labels from the 1,565 indexed products that list Potassium Iodide:
Potassium Iodide vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Potassium Iodide sits among other busy catalog rows (1,565 products, mean score 85.8/100). Nearest count peers include “Monterey Jack Cheese”, “Jalapeno Pepper”, “Red Peppers”. 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.
Using the Potassium Iodide evidence
1,565 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Potassium Iodide are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Potassium Iodide to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare Potassium Iodide with a peer such as “Monterey Jack Cheese” 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. See source joins
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 Iodide sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
57.4% 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 Iodide is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Potassium Iodide 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 Iodide? ▼
Potassium Iodide ranks in the top decile by product count (#498 of 247,206), appearing in 1,565 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Potassium Iodide serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Potassium Iodide is recorded as a nutrient supplement, tracer 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 Iodide). 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.