Source Of Iron
Source Of Iron appears in 618 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
Source Of Iron appears in 618 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.
- 618
- catalogued products
- #916
- usage rank of 247,206
- 94
- named brands represented
- 57%
- 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
62.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Source Of Iron as the trigger. Open records such as 100 Calorie Quick Cooking Oatmeal Cinnamon Roll; 803275014144; Ahold instant oatmeal maple & brown sugar and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 78.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 57% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
62.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 554 of 614 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 Source Of Iron - usage rank #916
- Usage rank
- #916
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 618 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 57%
- Averaged label depth puts Source Of Iron in the lower half of the list (57% of list length, mean slot 14.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Source Of Iron
Across the 618 products on this site that list Source Of Iron, 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 5.5x more often with Source Of Iron than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Source Of Iron products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 194 | 31.4% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 142 | 23% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 116 | 18.8% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 92 | 14.9% | 3.4% |
| Blue 1 | 84 | 13.6% | 4.2% |
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 Source Of Iron
Products Containing Source Of Iron
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 618 indexed products containing Source Of Iron:
Source Of Iron vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Source Of Iron sits among other busy catalog rows (618 products, mean score 78.1/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Cocoa Liquor · Turmeric Oleoresin · Marjoram. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Next steps from the Source Of Iron page
618 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Source Of Iron are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Source Of Iron before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Source Of Iron next to “Turmeric Oleoresin” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Source Of Iron sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
62.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Source Of Iron is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Source Of Iron? ▼
Source Of Iron ranks in the top decile by product count (#916 of 247,206), appearing in 618 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Source Of Iron so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Source Of Iron appears in 618 products (#916 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Source Of Iron). 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.