Sodium Formate
Sodium Formate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 3 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Sodium Formate appears in 3 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 3
- catalogued products
- #35,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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.
Sodium Formate: above-median product count (beats 85.8% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #35,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Mean relative depth 58% across 3 parsed labels, slot 15.7 on average. Sodium Formate tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Sodium Formate reaches 3 named brands, most often appears under Laundry-detergent, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include moonlight breeze; plus Oxi Clean stain fighters Odor Blasters; Tide + febreze SPORT. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (3 of 3), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
Function
PROCESSING AID
Products Containing Sodium Formate
Every indexed product currently listing Sodium Formate (3 total):
Count-or-score neighbours for Sodium Formate
Peer axes for Sodium Formate: 3 products · mean score 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Sodium Formate evidence
3 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Sodium Formate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Sodium Formate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the source ratings say about Sodium Formate? ▼
Sodium Formate has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Listed. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Where does Sodium Formate show up across the catalog? ▼
Sodium Formate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 3 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Sodium Formate do in food? ▼
Sodium Formate is recorded as a processing aid in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Formate). 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.