Potato Flakes
Potato Flakes appears in 935 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
Potato Flakes appears in 935 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.
- 935
- catalogued products
- #696
- usage rank of 247,206
- 281
- named brands represented
- 37%
- 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 Potato Flakes - usage rank #696
- Usage rank
- #696
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 937 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 37%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 937 products listing it (mean slot 10.4). Potato Flakes usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 17.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Potato Flakes spans 281 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 100% Whole Wheat; 20 HASH BROWN PATTIES; 3 Handmade Filled Thick Tortillas when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
281 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 744 of 904 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Potato Flakes
Across the 935 products on this site that list Potato Flakes, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potato Flakes products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 75 | 8% | 5.7% |
| Potassium Iodate | 37 | 4% | 0.2% |
| Sucralose | 25 | 2.7% | 2.7% |
| Carrageenan | 23 | 2.5% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 20 | 2.1% | 2.4% |
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 Potato Flakes
Products Containing Potato Flakes
High-volume slice (16 of 935) for products naming Potato Flakes:
High-volume peers for Potato Flakes beside “Palm Kernel And Palm Oil”
Top-decile company for Potato Flakes: 935 listings averaging 96.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Palm Kernel And Palm Oil; High Oleic Canola Oil; Blueberry.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Potato Flakes page
Use the 935-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Potato Flakes before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Potato Flakes next to “High Oleic Canola Oil” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Potato Flakes? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Potato Flakes, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#696 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potato Flakes? ▼
Potato Flakes ranks in the top decile by product count (#696 of 247,206), appearing in 935 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Potato Flakes so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Potato Flakes appears in 935 products (#696 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potato Flakes). 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.