Sodium Phosphate
Sodium Phosphate appears in 13,825 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 Phosphate appears in 13,825 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.
- 13,825
- catalogued products
- #80
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2,048
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
59.8% 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 Phosphate as the trigger. Open records such as 1/2 Pie - Pumpkin; 10-Grain Pancake Mix; 100 calories protein nutrition shake and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
59.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 13074 of 13717 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 Phosphate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#80 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #80
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Averaged label depth puts Sodium Phosphate in the lower half of the list (59% of list length, mean slot 18.1). 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Sodium Phosphate
Across the 13,825 products on this site that list Sodium Phosphate, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 12.2x more often with Sodium Phosphate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sodium Phosphate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 4,052 | 29.3% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 2,232 | 16.1% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 1,988 | 14.4% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 578 | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 553 | 4% | 3.4% |
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.
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 Phosphate
Products Containing Sodium Phosphate
High-volume slice (16 of 13,825) for products naming Sodium Phosphate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Cheese Culture”)
Top-decile company for Sodium Phosphate: 13,825 listings averaging 87.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Cheese Culture · Emulsifier · Distilled Vinegar.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Sodium Phosphate record
13,825 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Sodium Phosphate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Sodium Phosphate 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
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Sodium Phosphate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Sodium Phosphate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
59.8% 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 Phosphate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sodium Phosphate? ▼
Sodium Phosphate ranks in the top decile by product count (#80 of 247,206), appearing in 13,825 indexed products led by Meats and their products. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sodium Phosphate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sodium Phosphate appears in 13,825 products (#80 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Phosphate). 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.