Source Of Zinc

Source Of Zinc appears in 388 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 Zinc appears in 388 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.

388
catalogued products
#1,228
usage rank of 247,206
56
named brands represented
67%
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

52.1% 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 Zinc as the trigger. Open records such as 803275014144; Almond crunch cereal; Almonds and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 73.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 67% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

52.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 300 of 386 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.

Source Of Zinc: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,228 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#1,228
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 388 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
67%
Averaged label depth puts Source Of Zinc in the lower half of the list (67% of list length, mean slot 17.4). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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 Source Of Zinc

Across the 388 products on this site that list Source Of Zinc, 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 5.9x more often with Source Of Zinc than in the catalogue at large.

Yellow 5: +23.6ppYellow 5+23.6ppRed 40: +22.7ppRed 40+22.7ppYellow 6: +19.3ppYellow 6+19.3ppCaramel Coloring: +14.1ppCaramel Coloring+14.1ppBlue 1: +14.9ppBlue 1+14.9pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Source Of Zinc products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Yellow 5
23.6pp
Red 40
22.7pp
Yellow 6
19.3pp
Caramel Coloring
14.1pp
Blue 1
14.9pp
Additive Shared products Share of Source Of Zinc products Share of all products
Yellow 5 110 28.4% 4.8%
Red 40 109 28.1% 5.4%
Yellow 6 88 22.7% 3.4%
Caramel Coloring 77 19.8% 5.7%
Blue 1 74 19.1% 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 Zinc

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Source Of Zinc
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Source Of Zinc beside “Cheddar Cheese Powder”

Top-decile company for Source Of Zinc: 388 listings averaging 73.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Cheddar Cheese Powder · Sweetcream Buttermilk · Chocolate Flavored Coating.

Similar mean product score

Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.

Using the Source Of Zinc evidence

Start from Source Of Zinc's 388 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Check the listed products containing Source Of Zinc before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
  • Place Source Of Zinc next to “Sweetcream Buttermilk” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Source Of Zinc

How should I read safety signals when Source Of Zinc sits in heavily flagged products?

52.1% 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 Zinc 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 Zinc?

Source Of Zinc ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,228 of 247,206), appearing in 388 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 Zinc so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Source Of Zinc appears in 388 products (#1,228 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Source Of Zinc). 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.