Sodium Phosphates
Sodium Phosphates appears in 5,040 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 Phosphates appears in 5,040 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.
- 5,040
- catalogued products
- #209
- usage rank of 247,206
- 813
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
67.4% 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 Phosphates as the trigger. Open records such as 1 lb. Hot dog; 1/4 Pound Beef Franks; 10 Beef Franks and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 88.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 58% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
67.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 4579 of 4940 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.
High-volume listing for Sodium Phosphates - usage rank #209
- Usage rank
- #209
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Mean relative depth 58% across 5,040 parsed labels, slot 17.8 on average. Sodium Phosphates tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 else is usually in the same product as Sodium Phosphates
Across the 5,040 products on this site that list Sodium Phosphates, 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 19.3x more often with Sodium Phosphates than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sodium Phosphates products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 2,332 | 46.3% | 2.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 784 | 15.6% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 592 | 11.7% | 4.5% |
| BHT | 227 | 4.5% | 1.1% |
| BHA | 213 | 4.2% | 0.7% |
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.
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 Phosphates
Products Containing Sodium Phosphates
16 busy labels from the 5,040 indexed products that list Sodium Phosphates:
High-volume peers for Sodium Phosphates beside “Sorbitol”
Top-decile company for Sodium Phosphates: 5,040 listings averaging 88.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Sorbitol; Potassium Citrate; Corn Flour.
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.
Next steps from the Sodium Phosphates page
Use the 5,040-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Sodium Phosphates before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare Sodium Phosphates with a peer such as “Sorbitol” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Phosphates
How should I read safety signals when Sodium Phosphates sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
67.4% 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 Phosphates is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sodium Phosphates? ▼
Sodium Phosphates ranks in the top decile by product count (#209 of 247,206), appearing in 5,040 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 Phosphates so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sodium Phosphates appears in 5,040 products (#209 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Phosphates). 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.