Solids
Solids appears in 113 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
Solids appears in 113 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.
- 113
- catalogued products
- #2,880
- usage rank of 247,206
- 82
- named brands represented
- 51%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 44 of 113 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Arrowhead mills, pancake & waffle mix, sweet potato; Bacon And Cheese Stuffed Clams; Bar-B-Q Sauce to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Solids itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
44 of 113 linked records have some flagged component
All 111 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Solids sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,880 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,880
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 22 others that also appear in exactly 113 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 51%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 113 products listing it (mean slot 16.6). Solids 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.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Solids
Across the 113 products on this site that list Solids, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.5x more often with Solids than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Solids products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 16 | 14.2% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 9 | 8% | 2.4% |
| Red 40 | 6 | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 5.3% | 4.8% |
| Carrageenan | 5 | 4.4% | 4.5% |
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 Solids
Products Containing Solids
High-volume slice (16 of 113) for products naming Solids:
High-volume peers for Solids beside “Aceite Vegetal”
High-volume peers for Solids: 113 products, mean screening score 90/100. Nearest count peers include “Aceite Vegetal”, “Capsicum”, “Cellulose Gel And Gum”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
Using the Solids evidence
Start from Solids's 113 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Solids before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Solids next to “Capsicum” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Solids carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Solids. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Solids? ▼
Solids ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,880 of 247,206), appearing in 113 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Solids so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Solids appears in 113 products (#2,880 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Solids). 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.