Sodium Bisulfate
Sodium Bisulfate appears in 94 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 Bisulfate appears in 94 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.
- 94
- catalogued products
- #3,264
- usage rank of 247,206
- 42
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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
52.1% 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 Bisulfate as the trigger. Open records such as 100% juice; 100% Juice Lemon; 4 Cheese Mashed Potatoes and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 76.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 73% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 84 of 93 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 Bisulfate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,264 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,264
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 26 others that also appear in exactly 94 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Averaged label depth puts Sodium Bisulfate in the lower half of the list (73% of list length, mean slot 26.9). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Sodium Bisulfate
Across the 94 products on this site that list Sodium Bisulfate, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 19x more often with Sodium Bisulfate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sodium Bisulfate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 25 | 26.6% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 19 | 20.2% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 18 | 19.1% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 14 | 14.9% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 14 | 14.9% | 5.7% |
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 Sodium Bisulfate
Products Containing Sodium Bisulfate
16 busy labels from the 94 indexed products that list Sodium Bisulfate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil”)
Sodium Bisulfate sits among other busy catalog rows (94 products, mean score 76.8/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil · Coconut Fat · Natural Coffee Flavor. 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 Sodium Bisulfate record
Use the 94-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Sodium Bisulfate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Sodium Bisulfate with a peer such as “100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Sodium Bisulfate
How should I read safety signals when Sodium Bisulfate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.1% 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 Bisulfate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sodium Bisulfate? ▼
Sodium Bisulfate ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,264 of 247,206), appearing in 94 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sodium Bisulfate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sodium Bisulfate appears in 94 products (#3,264 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Bisulfate). 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.