Sodium Hexametaphosphate
Sodium Hexametaphosphate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2,005 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Sodium Hexametaphosphate appears in 2,005 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.
- 2,005
- catalogued products
- #403
- usage rank of 247,206
- 424
- named brands represented
- 62%
- 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 Hexametaphosphate: top-decile catalog footprint (#403 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #403
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2,005 products listing it (mean slot 18.7). Sodium Hexametaphosphate 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.
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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
80.4% 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 Hexametaphosphate as the trigger. Open records such as 100 calories protein nutrition shake; 100% Vitamin C Orange Strawberry; 100% Vitamin C, Orange Pineapple and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 74.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 62% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
80.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2004 of 2004 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 Hexametaphosphate
Across the 2,005 products on this site that list Sodium Hexametaphosphate, 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. Sucralose shows up about 11.3x more often with Sodium Hexametaphosphate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sodium Hexametaphosphate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 614 | 30.6% | 2.7% |
| Caramel Coloring | 509 | 25.4% | 5.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 494 | 24.6% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 327 | 16.3% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 295 | 14.7% | 5.4% |
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
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
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 Hexametaphosphate
Products Containing Sodium Hexametaphosphate
High-volume slice (16 of 2,005) for products naming Sodium Hexametaphosphate:
High-volume peers for Sodium Hexametaphosphate beside “Peas”
Sodium Hexametaphosphate sits among other busy catalog rows (2,005 products, mean score 74.2/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Peas · Antioxidant · Peaches. 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 Sodium Hexametaphosphate record
2,005 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Sodium Hexametaphosphate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Sodium Hexametaphosphate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Sodium Hexametaphosphate next to “Antioxidant” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Sodium Hexametaphosphate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
80.4% 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 Hexametaphosphate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Sodium Hexametaphosphate 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 Hexametaphosphate? ▼
Sodium Hexametaphosphate ranks in the top decile by product count (#403 of 247,206), appearing in 2,005 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Sodium Hexametaphosphate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Sodium Hexametaphosphate is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant 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 Hexametaphosphate). 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.