Sodium Gluconate
Sodium Gluconate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 121 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Sodium Gluconate appears in 121 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 121
- catalogued products
- #2,754
- usage rank of 247,206
- 43
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Sodium Gluconate - usage rank #2,754
- Usage rank
- #2,754
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 14 others that also appear in exactly 121 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 121 products listing it (mean slot 20.9). Sodium Gluconate usually falls in the lower half of the 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 this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
53.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Sodium Gluconate as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Whole Wheat Bread; All-Purpose Cleaner; Archer farms, tomato florentine soup and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 90.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 63% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
53.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 113 of 116 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Sodium Gluconate
Across the 121 products on this site that list Sodium Gluconate, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 3.8x more often with Sodium Gluconate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sodium Gluconate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 26 | 21.5% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 17 | 14% | 4.5% |
| TBHQ | 14 | 11.6% | 0.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 11 | 9.1% | 1.8% |
| Sucralose | 11 | 9.1% | 2.7% |
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.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
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 Gluconate
Products Containing Sodium Gluconate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 121 indexed products containing Sodium Gluconate:
Sodium Gluconate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Sodium Gluconate: 121 products, mean screening score 90.1/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cane Vinegar; Caramel Swirl; Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Gluconate record
Start from Sodium Gluconate's 121 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Sodium Gluconate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
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 Sodium Gluconate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
53.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Sodium Gluconate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Sodium Gluconate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sodium Gluconate? ▼
Sodium Gluconate ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,754 of 247,206), appearing in 121 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Sodium Gluconate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Sodium Gluconate is recorded as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, nutrient supplement, sequestrant in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Gluconate). 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.