Root
Root appears in 212 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
Root appears in 212 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.
- 212
- catalogued products
- #1,873
- usage rank of 247,206
- 109
- named brands represented
- 45%
- 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.
Root sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,873 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,873
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 212 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 45%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 212 products listing it (mean slot 16.2). Root 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 9.9% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Root spans 109 named brands and is led by the Dietary supplements group. Start with Ageless Male MAX; Am-02 Energy+focus; Amazing Ashwa when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
109 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 170 of 174 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 Root
Across the 212 products on this site that list Root, 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. Sucralose shows up about 3.3x more often with Root than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Root products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 19 | 9% | 2.7% |
| Monk fruit extract | 15 | 7.1% | 0.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 6 | 2.8% | 1.8% |
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 Root
Products Containing Root
High-volume slice (16 of 212) for products naming Root:
Root vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Root: 212 listings averaging 97.8/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Arabica Coffee; Artificial Colors Including; Flaxseeds.
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 Root page
212 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Root are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Root to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Root with a peer such as “Arabica Coffee” on 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. 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 Root? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Root, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,873 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Root? ▼
Root ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,873 of 247,206), appearing in 212 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Root so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Root appears in 212 products (#1,873 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Root). 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.