Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate
Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate appears in 140 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 Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate appears in 140 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.
- 140
- catalogued products
- #2,468
- usage rank of 247,206
- 36
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
52.1% 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 Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate as the trigger. Open records such as Aragani, Diet Green Tea, Peach; Baby back pork ribs in bbq sauce; Beef Pho and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.6/100 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.
52.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 128 of 140 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 Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate - usage rank #2,468
- Usage rank
- #2,468
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 140 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 140 products listing it (mean slot 19.7). Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate usually falls near the end of the captured 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate
Across the 140 products on this site that list Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 4.3x more often with Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 34 | 24.3% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 26 | 18.6% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 21 | 15% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 21 | 15% | 3.4% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 19 | 13.6% | 1.4% |
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 Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate
Products Containing Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate
16 busy labels from the 140 indexed products that list Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Bleached”)
High-volume peers for Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate: 140 products, mean screening score 81.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Bleached; Carbonated Filtered Water; Cooked White Rice. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate page
Start from Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate's 140 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 Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate with a peer such as “Bleached” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.1% 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 Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate? ▼
Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,468 of 247,206), appearing in 140 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate appears in 140 products (#2,468 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate). 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.