Potassium Phosphate
Potassium Phosphate appears in 1,115 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
Potassium Phosphate appears in 1,115 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.
- 1,115
- catalogued products
- #621
- usage rank of 247,206
- 287
- named brands represented
- 51%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
62.6% 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 Phosphate as the trigger. Open records such as 100% juice blend; 3-2-1 Plan Shakes; 30g Protein Nutritional Shake Dulce de Leche and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 84.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 51% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
62.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1088 of 1108 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.
High-volume listing for Potassium Phosphate - usage rank #621
- Usage rank
- #621
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 51%
- Mean relative depth 51% across 1,115 parsed labels, slot 17.5 on average. Potassium Phosphate tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Potassium Phosphate
Across the 1,115 products on this site that list Potassium Phosphate, 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 6.5x more often with Potassium Phosphate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potassium Phosphate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 325 | 29.1% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 296 | 26.5% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 217 | 19.5% | 1.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 105 | 9.4% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 50 | 4.5% | 2.1% |
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 Potassium Phosphate
Products Containing Potassium Phosphate
16 busy labels from the 1,115 indexed products that list Potassium Phosphate:
Potassium Phosphate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Potassium Phosphate sits among other busy catalog rows (1,115 products, mean score 84.7/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Cultured Nonfat Milk · Kosher Gelatin · Chicken Flavor. 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.
Next steps from the Potassium Phosphate page
1,115 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Potassium Phosphate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Potassium Phosphate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Potassium Phosphate with a peer such as “Cultured Nonfat Milk” 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 Phosphate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
62.6% 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 Phosphate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potassium Phosphate? ▼
Potassium Phosphate ranks in the top decile by product count (#621 of 247,206), appearing in 1,115 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Potassium Phosphate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Potassium Phosphate appears in 1,115 products (#621 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potassium Phosphate). 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.