Potassium Phosphates
Potassium Phosphates appears in 73 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 Phosphates appears in 73 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.
- 73
- catalogued products
- #3,864
- usage rank of 247,206
- 28
- named brands represented
- 71%
- 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: 33 of 73 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare BEEF SMOKED SAUSAGE; Coffee; Coffee to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 60–100 score range to Potassium Phosphates itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
33 of 73 linked records have some flagged component
All 73 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 60–100 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.
Potassium Phosphates: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,864 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,864
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 32 others that also appear in exactly 73 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 71%
- Averaged label depth puts Potassium Phosphates in the lower half of the list (71% of list length, mean slot 13.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Phosphates
Across the 73 products on this site that list Potassium Phosphates, 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 3.4x more often with Potassium Phosphates than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potassium Phosphates products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 11 | 15.1% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 9 | 12.3% | 2.4% |
| Monk fruit extract | 9 | 12.3% | 0.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 9 | 12.3% | 5.7% |
| Sucralose | 8 | 11% | 2.7% |
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.
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 Phosphates
Products Containing Potassium Phosphates
16 busy labels from the 73 indexed products that list Potassium Phosphates:
High-volume peers for Potassium Phosphates beside “Added To Retain Freshness”
High-volume peers for Potassium Phosphates: 73 products, mean screening score 93.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Added To Retain Freshness · Anti Caking Agent · Chiles. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Phosphates record
Start from Potassium Phosphates's 73 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Potassium Phosphates to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- 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.
Potassium Phosphates — common follow-ups
Does Potassium Phosphates 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 Potassium Phosphates. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potassium Phosphates? ▼
Potassium Phosphates ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,864 of 247,206), appearing in 73 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Potassium Phosphates so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Potassium Phosphates appears in 73 products (#3,864 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potassium Phosphates). 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.