Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid

Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid appears in 9 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

Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid appears in 9 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.

9
catalogued products
#16,390
usage rank of 247,206
3
named brands represented
54%
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

100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid as the trigger. Open records such as 1/4 Sheet White Cake With Colored Icing; Brussels Sprouts With Pancetta; Chocolate Cake With Colored Icing and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 24.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 54% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 9 of 9 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.

Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid: top-decile catalog footprint (#16,390 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#16,390
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,423 others that also appear in exactly 9 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
54%
Averaged label depth puts Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid in the lower half of the list (54% of list length, mean slot 29.1). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 9 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 Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 020406080100 0246810 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid 1/4 Sheet White Cake With Colored IcingBrussels Sprouts With PancettaChocolate Cake With Colored IcingButtercreme flowers 8" marbel cake with whipping toppingDouble layer cakeFun marble cake with whip toppingKroger, cake, caramel appleKroger, pumpkin spice cakeYellow fall cake
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass

High-volume peers for Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid: 9 products, mean screening score 24.4/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Using the Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid evidence

9 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid — common follow-ups

How should I read safety signals when Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid sits in heavily flagged products?

100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid?

Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#16,390 of 247,206), appearing in 9 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid appears in 9 products (#16,390 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Benzoate And Benzoic Acid). 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.