Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides appears in 79 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
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides appears in 79 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.
- 79
- catalogued products
- #3,681
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 23%
- 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
74.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides as the trigger. Open records such as Abbott, Glucerna, Nutrition Bars, Peanut Chocolate Chip, Peanut Chocolate Chip; Advanced Nutrition Shake, Strawberry; Berry Frost Advanced Care Electrolyte Powder, Berry Frost and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 74.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 23% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
74.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 78 of 78 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.
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,681 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,681
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 27 others that also appear in exactly 79 products, listed in more products than 98.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 23%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 79 products listing it (mean slot 10.0). Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides usually falls near the top 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 Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
Across the 79 products on this site that list Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 12.9x more often with Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 46 | 58.2% | 4.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 45 | 57% | 1.8% |
| Sucralose | 45 | 57% | 2.7% |
| Red 3 | 6 | 7.6% | 1.1% |
| Blue 1 | 5 | 6.3% | 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 Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
Products Containing Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 79 indexed products containing Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides:
High-volume peers for Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides beside “Organic Acerola Cherry Extract”
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides sits among other busy catalog rows (79 products, mean score 74.9/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Organic Acerola Cherry Extract · Calcium Chloride And Citric Acid · Dry Garlic. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides record
Start from Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides's 79 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides next to “Calcium Chloride And Citric Acid” (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
How should I read safety signals when Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
74.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides? ▼
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,681 of 247,206), appearing in 79 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides appears in 79 products (#3,681 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides). 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.