Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative
Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative appears in 8 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
Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative appears in 8 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.
- 8
- catalogued products
- #17,814
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative - usage rank #17,814
- Usage rank
- #17,814
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,731 others that also appear in exactly 8 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 8 parsed labels, slot 15.8 on average. Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
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: Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative reaches 4 named brands, most often appears under Dairies, and typically sits near the end of the captured list. Product examples include American Deluxe Pasteurized Process American Cheese; Cheese Cellar, Chocolate Cheese Fudge; Chocolate Cheese Fudge Without Walnuts. 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 4 (8 of 8), 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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 8 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 Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative
Products Containing Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative
8 busy labels from the 8 indexed products that list Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative:
Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative: 8 listings averaging 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative record
Start from Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative's 8 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#17,814 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative? ▼
Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative ranks in the top decile by product count (#17,814 of 247,206), appearing in 8 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative appears in 8 products (#17,814 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sorbic Acid Added As A Preservative). 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.