Sodium Molybdate
Sodium Molybdate appears in 956 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 Molybdate appears in 956 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.
- 956
- catalogued products
- #680
- usage rank of 247,206
- 116
- named brands represented
- 83%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
75.3% 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 Molybdate as the trigger. Open records such as 0016500579793; 3-2-1 Plan Shakes; 30g Protein Nutritional Shake Dulce de Leche and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 83% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
75.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 956 of 956 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 Molybdate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#680 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #680
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 956 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 83%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 956 products listing it (mean slot 39.7). Sodium Molybdate usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Sodium Molybdate
Across the 956 products on this site that list Sodium Molybdate, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 13.3x more often with Sodium Molybdate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sodium Molybdate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 573 | 59.9% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 418 | 43.7% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 359 | 37.6% | 1.8% |
| Red 3 | 61 | 6.4% | 1.1% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 29 | 3% | 2.1% |
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 Molybdate
Products Containing Sodium Molybdate
16 busy labels from the 956 indexed products that list Sodium Molybdate:
Sodium Molybdate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Sodium Molybdate: 956 listings averaging 81.1/100. Nearest count peers include “Confectioners Glaze”, “Sweetener”, “Part-skim Milk”.
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.
Using the Sodium Molybdate evidence
Use the 956-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Sodium Molybdate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Sodium Molybdate with a peer such as “Confectioners Glaze” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Sodium Molybdate
How should I read safety signals when Sodium Molybdate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
75.3% 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 Molybdate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sodium Molybdate? ▼
Sodium Molybdate ranks in the top decile by product count (#680 of 247,206), appearing in 956 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sodium Molybdate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sodium Molybdate appears in 956 products (#680 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Molybdate). 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.