Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium Hypochlorite carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Sodium Hypochlorite appears in 2 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 13%
- 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 Hypochlorite: above-median product count (beats 81.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 13%
- Averaged label depth puts Sodium Hypochlorite near the top of the captured list (13% of list length, mean slot 1.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Hypochlorite reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under uncategorized products, and typically sits near the top of the captured list. Product examples include Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner; Drano Max Gel. 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 unclassified (0 of 0), 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
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FUMIGANT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Products Containing Sodium Hypochlorite
All 2 indexed products that name Sodium Hypochlorite:
Ingredients with similar product-count or score profiles
Use the lists below to place Sodium Hypochlorite against similar footprints (2 products).
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 Hypochlorite evidence
2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Sodium Hypochlorite are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Sodium Hypochlorite to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Sodium Hypochlorite
What do the source ratings say about Sodium Hypochlorite? ▼
Sodium Hypochlorite has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Approved. 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 Hypochlorite show up across the catalog? ▼
Sodium Hypochlorite sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Sodium Hypochlorite do in food? ▼
Sodium Hypochlorite is recorded as a dough strengthener, flour treating agent, fumigant, oxidizing or reducing agent in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Hypochlorite). 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.