Preserves Freshness
Preserves Freshness appears in 736 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
Preserves Freshness appears in 736 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.
- 736
- catalogued products
- #808
- usage rank of 247,206
- 100
- named brands represented
- 60%
- 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
81.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Preserves Freshness as the trigger. Open records such as 10 mg THC Cannabis Infused Soda, Classic Root Beer; 2024 Mystery Flavor Mountain Dew: VOODEW - (20 OZ); Agave Vanilla Cream Soda and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 66.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 60% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
81.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 727 of 734 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.
Preserves Freshness: top-decile catalog footprint (#808 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #808
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 736 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 60%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 736 products listing it (mean slot 9.4). Preserves Freshness usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Preserves Freshness
Across the 736 products on this site that list Preserves Freshness, 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. Acesulfame Potassium shows up about 25.1x more often with Preserves Freshness than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Preserves Freshness products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acesulfame Potassium | 333 | 45.2% | 1.8% |
| Sucralose | 246 | 33.4% | 2.7% |
| Caramel Coloring | 191 | 26% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 188 | 25.5% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 130 | 17.7% | 4.2% |
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 Preserves Freshness
Products Containing Preserves Freshness
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 736 indexed products containing Preserves Freshness:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Propyl Gallate”)
Preserves Freshness sits among other busy catalog rows (736 products, mean score 66.1/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Propyl Gallate · Pepperoni · Cultured Celery Powder. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Preserves Freshness record
736 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Preserves Freshness are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Preserves Freshness and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Preserves Freshness sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
81.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Preserves Freshness is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Preserves Freshness? ▼
Preserves Freshness ranks in the top decile by product count (#808 of 247,206), appearing in 736 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Preserves Freshness so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Preserves Freshness appears in 736 products (#808 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Preserves Freshness). 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.