Potassium Polymetaphosphate
Potassium Polymetaphosphate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 3 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Potassium Polymetaphosphate appears in 3 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 3
- catalogued products
- #35,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 74%
- 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.
Potassium Polymetaphosphate: above-median product count (beats 85.8% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #35,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Averaged label depth puts Potassium Polymetaphosphate in the lower half of the list (74% of list length, mean slot 14.3). 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.
How to use this page
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Potassium Polymetaphosphate reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Beverages, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Matcha latte; Sponge; Black tea latte. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (3 of 3), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
Function
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT
Products Containing Potassium Polymetaphosphate
All 3 indexed products that name Potassium Polymetaphosphate:
Ingredients with similar product-count or score profiles
Peer axes for Potassium Polymetaphosphate: 3 products · mean score 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Potassium Polymetaphosphate record
Use the 3-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Potassium Polymetaphosphate and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Potassium Polymetaphosphate
What do the source ratings say about Potassium Polymetaphosphate? ▼
Potassium Polymetaphosphate has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Listed. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Where does Potassium Polymetaphosphate show up across the catalog? ▼
Potassium Polymetaphosphate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Potassium Polymetaphosphate do in food? ▼
Potassium Polymetaphosphate is recorded as a emulsifier or emulsifier salt, humectant in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potassium Polymetaphosphate). 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.